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Nests : fifty nests and the birds that built them / by Sharon Beals ; introduction by Scott Weidensaul ; forword by Jack Dumbacher and Maureen Flannery ; illustrations by Laurie Wigham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beals, Sharon, 1945- author, photographer.
- Weidensaul, Scott, author of introduction, etc.
- Dumbacher, Jack, author of introduction, etc.
- Flannery, Maureen, author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birds--Nests.
- Birds.
- Birds--Nests--Pictorial works.
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 119 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2011.
- Summary:
- Drawn from the collections of the California Academy of Sciences, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley, and the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, these 50 nests from around the world are rare treasures. Through Beals' loving lens, each becomes both a work of art and a natural artifact. Almost seeming to glow against velvety black backgrounds, every detail offers insight into the behavior and ingenuity of the nests' creators. From the tiny cup-shaped cocoon of the Anna's Hummingbird to the downy pillow of the Magnolia Warbler, every nest offers an intimate portrait of the bird that built it. -- DUST JACKET.
- Contents:
- African palm swift
- Akekee
- Altamira oriole
- Anna's hummingbird
- Azure-winged magpie
- Bank swallow
- Barn owl
- Barn swallow
- Black-naped oriole
- Brown booby
- Brown creeper
- California towhee
- Caspian tern
- Chinese bulbul
- Common rock sparrow
- Common tailorbird
- Cuban emerald
- Golden-hooded tanager
- Gray jay
- Great-tailed grackle
- Greater roadrunner
- Greater sage grouse
- Green broadbill
- Green heron
- Highland guan
- Hoary redpoll
- House finch
- House wren
- Jankowski's bunting
- Lesser goldfinch
- Loggerhead shrike
- Long-tailed tit
- Magnolia warbler
- Marbled murrelet
- Marsh wren
- Pine siskin
- Rufous-naped wren
- Small ground finch
- Social flycatcher
- Song sparrow
- Spotted nightingale thrush
- Strange weaver
- Swainson's thrush
- Tennessee warbler
- Upland sandpiper
- Verdin
- Western gull
- Western kingbird
- Western tanager
- Western yellowthroat.
- Notes:
- Nests "drawn from the collections of the California Academy of Sciences, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley, and the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology"--P. [2] of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780811877589
- 0811877582
- OCLC:
- 664674958
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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