Flight Calls: Exploring Massachusetts through Birds
Autor John Nelsonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 sep 2019
The
paths
of
different
birds
look
like
double
helixes,
flowing
strands
of
hair,
and
migrating
serpents,
and
they
beckon
with
calls
that
have
definite
meanings.
These
mysterious
creatures
inspire
growing
numbers
of
birders
in
their
passionate
pursuit
of
new
species,
and
writer
John
R.
Nelson
is
no
exception.
In
Flight
Calls,
he
takes
readers
on
explorations
to
watch,
hear,
and
know
Massachusetts’s
hummingbirds,
hawks,
and
herons
along
the
coasts
and
in
the
woodlands,
meadows,
and
marshes
of
Cape
Ann,
Cape
Cod,
the
Great
Marsh,
Mount
Auburn
Cemetery,
the
Quabbin
wilderness,
Mount
Wachusett,
and
elsewhere.
With
style,
humor,
and
a
sense
of
wonder,
Nelson
blends
his
field
adventures
with
a
history
of
the
birding
community;
natural
and
cultural
history;
bird
stories
from
authors
such
as
Henry
David
Thoreau,
Emily
Dickinson,
and
Mary
Oliver;
current
scientific
research;
and
observations
about
the
fascinating
habits
of
birds
and
their
admirers.
These
essays
are
capped
off
with
a
plea
for
bird
conservation,
in
Massachusetts
and
beyond.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781625344694
ISBN-10: 1625344694
Pagini: 342
Ilustrații: 6
Dimensiuni: 133 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:First edition
Editura: University of Massachusetts Press
Colecția University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN-10: 1625344694
Pagini: 342
Ilustrații: 6
Dimensiuni: 133 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:First edition
Editura: University of Massachusetts Press
Colecția University of Massachusetts Press
Recenzii
"This
is
an
entertaining
account
of
the
world
that
local
birds
inhabit
as
well
as
the
unique
breed
of
Homo
sapiens
that
chooses
to
spend
its
free
time
chasing
down
and
identifying
birds.
Through
Nelson’s
descriptions
and
explorations
of
local
bird
habitats,
readers
will
come
to
appreciate
the
biological
diversity
of
the
state
and
region."—John
Hanson
Mitchell,
author
of
Ceremonial
Time:
Fifteen
Thousand
Years
on
One
Square
Mile
"Flight
Calls
is
somewhere
between
a
personal
memoir,
a
true-life
adventure,
and
a
birder’s
personal
journal.
In
addition,
anyone
reading
this
book
will
surely
be
impressed
with
Nelson’s
grasp
of
literature,
both
ornithological
and
historic."—Wayne
R.
Petersen,
author
of
the
American
Birding
Association
Field
Guide
to
Birds
of
Massachusetts
"Flight
Calls
is
as
much
a
collection
of
short
stories
about
birding
as
it
is
an
ethnography
of
Massachusetts
birders,
a
study
on
the
Bay
State’s
natural
history,
and
a
selection
of
colonial-era
anecdotes.
As
with
other
birding
memoirs,
the
essays
contained
within
this
moderately
slim
book
also
possess
decidedly
human
themes
surpassing
basic
birdlife."—Bird
Watcher's
Digest
"John
R.
Nelson
is
as
talented
a
writer
as
you
will
find
in
the
birding
community
today
.
.
.
you
don’t
have
to
be
a
Bay
State
birder
to
appreciate
these
essays.
They
convey
a
universal
sense
of
wonder
about
birds,
style,
humor,
and
a
smart
mix
of
natural
and
cultural
history
and
human
foibles
that
anyone
will
enjoy."—BirdWatching
Magazine
Notă biografică
JOHN
R.
NELSON
is
professor
emeritus
at
North
Shore
Community
College.
His
essay
“Funny
Bird
Sex”
was
awarded
a
2018
Pushcart
Prize.