Bird Island in Antarctic waters / David F. Parmelee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parmelee, David F., 1924-1998.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Antarctica--Bird Island.

Birds.

Bird Island (Antarctica).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations, plates

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Few maps show the location of Bird Island -- a lonely outcrop in the South Georgia group where Antarctic waters push against the Atlantic east of Cape Horn. Its forbidding flanks invite few human visitors. But for those who reach its shores there are rich

Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments; Bird Island Species; Table of Contents; South with the Fids; The Tussock Isles; Lönnberg House: The First Night; Tussock, Wildlife, and Wind; Blue Petrels; The Monarchs of Bird Island; Saturday Night at Lönnberg House; Scavenging Tussock Ducks; Stinkers; Blue-Eyed Shags; Farewell Point; Skuas; Last Impressions; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5845-5

OCLC:

476162126