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Swifts
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Author : Phil Chantler
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2010-08-30
Swifts written by Phil Chantler and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-30 with Nature categories.
This work collates late-1990s research findings from the field of ornithology to provide a thoroughly modern overview of swift identification and distribution. This edition has revised artwork and maps, and much new textual material.
Swifts In A Tower
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Author : David Lack
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Swifts In A Tower written by David Lack and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Apodidae categories.
The swift has greater mastery of the air than any other bird, but is one of the least known, as it nests inaccessibly in holes. The Author studied a colony in an Oxford tower, by substituting glass-backed nesting boxes for the ventilators in which they were nesting ; after which the birds could be watched from a few inches away, thus providing unique means of studying them. Their flight (which may last five hours), courtship and nesting behaviour were fully studied, and have been illustrated with unique photographs by electornic flash by H. N. Southern. Behaviour in the air was also observed, swifts being the only birds known to mate on the wing. They also drink, bathe and collect their food and nesting materials without alighting, and even spend the night on the wing. Swifts migrate to South Africa, but the old story that they hibernate contains some element of truth. The races of swifts are described, their birth-rate and death-rate analysed, and comparisons are made with the many tropical swifts, some of which (such as those whose nests provide 'Birds-nest soup') have habits as remarkable as those of our British bird. When first published in 1956, this book was the first full-length study of perhaps the most remarkable of all British birds, and now seventeen years later has become a classic in its field. Not only is it an invaluable text for ornithologists, but its non-technical language makes it suitable for readers with a general interest in natural history. Just below the tower where the swifts nested, Samuel Wilberforce and T. H. Huxley held their famous debate on evolution, and adaptation forms a recurrent theme in the book, its wider implications being considered in a final chapter. -- from dust jacket.
The Swifts
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Author : Beth Lincoln
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2023-02-02
The Swifts written by Beth Lincoln and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-02 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
'A stunning debut . . . laugh-out-loud funny' - Observer Discover the hilarious New York Times bestselling mystery adventure perfect for fans of Robin Stevens and Lemony Snicket. On the day they are born, each Swift is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name and a definition, and it is assumed they will grow up to match. Unfortunately, Shenanigan Swift has other ideas. So what if her relatives all think she's destined to turn out as a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can be whatever she wants - pirate, explorer or even detective. Which is lucky, really, because when one of the Family tries to murder Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, someone has to work out whodunit. With the help of her sisters and cousin, Shenanigan grudgingly takes on the case, but more murders, a hidden treasure and an awful lot of suspects make thing seriously complicated. Can Shenanigan catch the killer before the whole household is picked off? And in a Family where definitions are so important, can she learn to define herself? 'Murder most splendid' - The Telegraph.
Swifts And Us The Life Of The Bird That Sleeps In The Sky
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Author : Sarah Gibson
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2021-05-13
Swifts And Us The Life Of The Bird That Sleeps In The Sky written by Sarah Gibson and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-13 with Nature categories.
Swifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly thousands of miles across the world, navigating their way around storms, never lighting on tree, cliff or ground, until they return home with the summer.
Chimney Swifts
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Author : Paul D. Kyle
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2005
Chimney Swifts written by Paul D. Kyle and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Nature categories.
The Kyles share their knowledge and provide a peek into the secret life of these beneficial, insect-eating birds, and practical guidelines for homeowners to coexist peacefully with these remarkable birds.
The Swifts A Dictionary Of Scoundrels
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Author : Beth Lincoln
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2024-01-02
The Swifts A Dictionary Of Scoundrels written by Beth Lincoln and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-02 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The critically lauded, wickedly smart whodunit with a “Knives Out feel by way of Lemony Snicket,” now in paperback. On the day they are born, every Swift child is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name, and a definition. A definition it is assumed they will grow up to match. Meet Shenanigan Swift: Little sister. Risk-taker. Mischief-maker. Shenanigan is getting ready for the big Swift Family Reunion and plotting her next great scheme: hunting for Grand-Uncle Vile’s long-lost treasure. She’s excited to finally meet her arriving relatives—until one of them gives Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude a deadly shove down the stairs. So what if everyone thinks she’ll never be more than a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can become whatever she wants, even a detective. And she’s determined to follow the twisty clues and catch the killer. Deliciously suspenseful and delightfully clever, The Swifts is a remarkable debut that is both brilliantly contemporary and instantly classic. A celebration of words and individuality, it’s packed with games, wordplay, and lots and lots of mischief as Shenanigan sets out to save her family and define herself in a world where definitions are so important.
Super Swifts Small Birds With Amazing Powers
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Author : Justin Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Release Date : 2024-05-28
Super Swifts Small Birds With Amazing Powers written by Justin Anderson and has been published by Candlewick Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-28 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
An evocative nonfiction narrative follows the swifts on their epic journey north, from the jungles of Africa to nesting sites in Europe. A swift may not look like anything special--it's just a plain brown bird, small enough to nestle in the palm of your hand--but these superheroes of the avian world can fly incredible distances amazingly quickly, reaching speeds of up to seventy miles per hour and spending ten months of every year in the air. Follow one female swift from the steamy forests of tropical central Africa to northern Europe as she navigates arid desert and restless ocean, dodging predators along the way. Eating, drinking, and sleeping on the wind, she won't rest until she's reached her nesting site. Woven through with fascinating facts amplified in an author's note and index, Super Swifts fuses gorgeous collage illustrations and a lilting text to evoke the grandeur of a voyage like no other--and introduce a singular bird with amazing powers.
Representations Of Swift
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Author : Brian A. Connery
language : en
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Release Date : 2002
Representations Of Swift written by Brian A. Connery and has been published by University of Delaware Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.
These thirteen essays offer not only the representations of Swift to which its title refers but also a representation of Swift scholarship at the close of the twentieth century and a return to fundamental questions about the life, writing, and views of Swift, issues raised in part by literary scholarship's return to historicism but also powerfully suggestive of a return to biography.
The Life Of David Lack
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Author : Ted R. Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-06-01
The Life Of David Lack written by Ted R. Anderson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-01 with Science categories.
Most people who have taken a biology course in the past 50 years are familiar with the work of David Lack, but few remember his name. Almost all general biology texts produced during that period have a figure showing the beak size differences among the finches of the Galapagos Islands from Lack's 1947 classic, Darwin's Finches. Lack's pioneering conclusions in Darwin's Finches mark the beginning of a new scientific discipline, evolutionary ecology. Tim Birkhead, in his acclaimed book, The Wisdom of Birds, calls Lack the 'hero of modern ornithology.' Who was this influential, yet relatively unknown man? The Life of David Lack, Father of Evolutionary Ecology provides an answer to that question based on Ted Anderson's personal interviews with colleagues, family members and former students as well as material in the extensive Lack Archive at Oxford University.
Devil Birds
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Author : Derek Bromhall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Devil Birds written by Derek Bromhall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Swifts categories.