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Vultures Condors
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Author : David Houston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Vultures Condors written by David Houston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Nature categories.
Vultures and condors are among the most abundant and spectacular birds of prey in the world. Masters of gliding flight, they survive by being supremely efficient scavengers, rather than by hunting and killing prey for themselves. David Houston has studied vultures and condors in the field for over thirty years, In this vividly illustrated wildlife portrait, he explains how they have had to acquire remarkable adaptations for their specialised way of life, and why in many places, these large birds are highly endangered by man's activities.
Condors And Vultures
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Author : David Houston
language : en
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Release Date : 2001
Condors And Vultures written by David Houston and has been published by Voyageur Press (MN) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with House & Home categories.
Introduces the condors and vultures of the world and examines the different species.
Condors And Vultures
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Author : David Houston
language : en
Publisher: Paw Prints
Release Date : 2008-08-11
Condors And Vultures written by David Houston and has been published by Paw Prints this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-11 with categories.
Vultures
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Author : Roland Smith
language : en
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Vultures written by Roland Smith and has been published by Lerner Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the life cycle, behavior, eating habits, and endangered status of vultures.
Vultures Of The World
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Author : Keith L. Bildstein
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2022-03-15
Vultures Of The World written by Keith L. Bildstein and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-15 with Science categories.
In Vultures of the World, Keith L. Bildstein provides an engaging look at vultures and condors, seeking to help us understand these widely recognized but underappreciated birds. Bildstein's latest work is an inspirational and long overdue blend of all things vulture. Based on decades of personal experience, dozens of case studies, and numerous up-to-date examples of cutting-edge science, this book introduces readers to the essential nature of vultures and condors. Not only do these most proficient of all vertebrate scavengers clean up natural and man-made organic waste but they also recycle ecologically essential elements back into both wild and human landscapes, allowing our ecosystems to function successfully across generations of organisms. With distributions ranging over more than three-quarters of all land on five continents, the world's twenty-three species of scavenging birds of prey offer an outstanding example of biological diversity writ large. Included in the world's species fold are its most abundant large raptors—several of its longest lived birds and the most massive of all soaring birds. With a fossil record dating back more than fifty million years, vultures and condors possess numerous adaptions that characteristically serve them well but at times also make them particularly vulnerable to human actions. Vultures of the World is a truly global treatment of vultures, offering a roadmap of how best to protect these birds and their important ecology.
Vulture
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Author : Thom van Dooren
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Vulture written by Thom van Dooren and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Nature categories.
Simply because they are large scavenging birds, vultures are often viewed as harbingers of death. But, as Thom van Dooren shows in this cultural and natural history, that dominant association leaves us with a very one-dimensional understanding of a group of actually rather fascinating and diverse creatures. Vulture offers an enlightening new history of this much-misunderstood bird. Vultures vary in type and size, and while some have a diet mainly of bone, others are actually almost completely vegetarian. Most interesting, despite its notorious association with death, the vulture very rarely, if ever, kills for itself. In different cultural mythologies, vultures play a role in disposing of the dead and officiating over human sacrifices, but they have often been viewed as courageous and noble creatures as well—believed to be indispensable in the containment of waste and disease and even to be world creators and divine mothers. Van Dooren explores these many histories, from some of the earliest-known Neolithic sites in which vultures are thought to have consumed the dead to contemporary efforts to reintroduce the bearded vulture into the Alps. Highlighting the rich diversity of vultures and the many ways in which people have understood and lived with them, Vulture invites a new appreciation and wonder for these incredible birds.
Vultures
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: NorthWord Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2005
Vultures written by and has been published by NorthWord Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Pictures several species of vultures and discusses where vultures live, what they eat, when they sleep, and how they raise their young.
Vulture
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Author : Katie Fallon
language : en
Publisher: University Press of New England
Release Date : 2017-03-07
Vulture written by Katie Fallon and has been published by University Press of New England this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with Nature categories.
Turkey vultures, the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, are found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina, and nearly everywhere in between. In the United States we sometimes call them buzzards; in parts of Mexico the name is aura cabecirroja, in Uruguay jote cabeza colorada, and in Ecuador gallinazo aura. A huge bird, the turkey vulture is a familiar sight from culture to culture, in both hemispheres. But despite being ubiquitous and recognizable, the turkey vulture has never had a book of literary nonfiction devoted to it - until Vulture. Floating on six-foot wings, turkey vultures use their keen senses of smell and sight to locate carrion. Unlike their cousin the black vulture, turkey vultures do not kill weak or dying animals; instead, they cleanse, purify, and renew the environment by clearing it of decaying carcasses, thus slowing the spread of such dangerous pathogens as anthrax, rabies, and botulism. The beauty, grace, and important role of these birds in the ecosystem notwithstanding, turkey vultures are maligned and underappreciated; they have been accused of spreading disease and killing livestock, neither of which has ever been substantiated. Although turkey vultures are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which makes harming them a federal offense, the birds still face persecution. They've been killed because of their looks, their odor, and their presence in proximity to humans. Even the federal government occasionally sanctions "roost dispersals," which involve the harassment and sometimes the murder of communally roosting vultures during the cold winter months. Vulture follows a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. By incorporating information from scientific papers and articles, as well as interviews with world-renowned raptor and vulture experts, author Katie Fallon examines all aspects of the bird's natural history: breeding, incubating eggs, raising chicks, migrating, and roosting. After reading this book you will never look at a vulture in the same way again.
Vultures
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Author : Michael O'Neal Campbell
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2015-06-26
Vultures written by Michael O'Neal Campbell and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-26 with Nature categories.
This book reexamines current knowledge on the evolution, ecology, and conservation biology of both New World vultures (Cathartidae) and Old World vultures (Accipitridae) and seeks answers to past and present regional extinctions, colorizations, and conservation questions. Extinct species of both families are examined, as is the disputed evidence fo
Vultures
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Author : Tracy Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2012-01-15
Vultures written by Tracy Barrett and has been published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Provides comprehensive information on the anatomy, special skills, habitats, and diet of vultures