Paul A. Johnsgard

Earth, Water, and Sky (eBook, ePUB)

A Naturalist's Stories and Sketches

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A leading ornithologist shares his personal insights and experiences with birds across the globe in this collection of lyrical essays and drawings.

Paul Johnsgard is one of America's most prominent ornithologists and a world authority on waterfowl behavior. In Earth, Water, and Sky, he describes some of his most fascinating encounters with birds, from watching the annual mating displays of prairie-chickens on a hilltop in Pawnee County, Nebraska, to attempting to solve some of the mysteries surrounding Australia's nearly flightless musk duck.

Reflecting his worldwide interests and travels, the birds Johnsgard describes inhabit many parts of the globe. Grouping the birds by the element they frequent most-earth, water, or sky-he weaves a wealth of natural history into personal stories drawn from a lifetime of avian observation. And, as a bonus, Johnsgard's lovely pen-and-ink drawings illustrate each species he describes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780292788565
• Artikelnr.: 63555579

Autorenporträt

Paul Johnsgard is a Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preface
2. I. Earth: Stray Feathers in the Dust
* Sacred Places and the Voices of Ancestors
* Dawn Rendezvous on the Lek
* The Elusive Tree Quails of Mexico
* Quail Music
* On Display: The Pheasants
* Bustards: Stalkers of the Dry Plains
* Glittering Garments of the Rainbow
3. II. Water: A River of Time
* Adrift in Time on the Niobrara River
* The Evolution of Duck Courtship
* The Elusive Musk Duck
* The Unlikely Ruddy Duck
* Torrent Ducks of the Andes
* Seabirds of the Pribilofs
4. III. Sky: Migrations of the Imagination
* The Gifts of the Cranes
* Flight of the Sea Ducks
* The Triumphant Trumpeters
* The 6,000-mile Odyssey of a Globe-trotting Bird
* Where Have All the Curlews Gone?
* The Geese from beyond the North Wind
5. Suggested Readings
6. Citations for Previously Published Articles
7. Index