Nesting Birds of the Coastal Islands
A Naturalist's Year on Galveston Bay
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2011
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-0-292-72973-5 (ISBN)
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-0-292-72973-5 (ISBN)
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John C. Dyes presents a year in the life of the birds on the Texas Coast.
Every year, more than twenty species of terns, gulls, and colonial wading birds raise their young on rookery islands all along the Gulf Coast. Their breeding and nesting activities go on in the wake of passing oil tankers, commercial fishing vessels, and pleasure boats of all kinds—human traffic that threatens their already circumscribed habitats.
John C. Dyes has spent more than ten years photographing and observing the birds in their rookeries on the Texas Coast, and, in Nesting Birds of the Coastal Islands, he presents a year in the birds' life through fine photographs and an evocative and informative text. In a month-by-month account, he follows the annual rituals and daily dramas of courtship, mating, and chick rearing among herons, egrets, spoonbills, cormorants, ibises, and other birds that migrate and gather in colonies ranging from half a dozen birds to tens of thousands.
Every year, more than twenty species of terns, gulls, and colonial wading birds raise their young on rookery islands all along the Gulf Coast. Their breeding and nesting activities go on in the wake of passing oil tankers, commercial fishing vessels, and pleasure boats of all kinds—human traffic that threatens their already circumscribed habitats.
John C. Dyes has spent more than ten years photographing and observing the birds in their rookeries on the Texas Coast, and, in Nesting Birds of the Coastal Islands, he presents a year in the birds' life through fine photographs and an evocative and informative text. In a month-by-month account, he follows the annual rituals and daily dramas of courtship, mating, and chick rearing among herons, egrets, spoonbills, cormorants, ibises, and other birds that migrate and gather in colonies ranging from half a dozen birds to tens of thousands.
After retiring from a career as a technical services engineer with Marathon Oil Company, John C. Dyes became a freelance photographer, birder, and writer who specialized in avian photography.
Preface
Acknowledgments
January. The Islands
February. The Gathering
March. Nest Building and Breeding
April. Nests and Eggs
May. Hatching and Chicks
June. Feeding Chicks: The Dispersion Begins
July. The Dispersion
August. Hurricane
September. Migration: The Winter Season Begins
Epilogue
Nesting Colonial Waterbird Species
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.5.2011 |
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Zusatzinfo | 16 color photos, 50 b&w photos |
Verlagsort | Austin, TX |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
ISBN-10 | 0-292-72973-1 / 0292729731 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-292-72973-5 / 9780292729735 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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