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Extinct birds / by Fuller, Errol.(CARDINAL)330600;
MARCIVE 03/01/06Bibliography: pages 245-251.
Subjects: Extinct birds.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Extinct birds / by Fuller, Errol.(CARDINAL)330600;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391).
Subjects: Extinct birds.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Sky monsters [videorecording] / by Rubin, John(John Michael),producer,director.(CARDINAL)334438; Schatzki, Nick,narrator.(CARDINAL)334437; John Rubin Productions.(CARDINAL)334436; National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.)(CARDINAL)326996; Summerhill Entertainment (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218485;
How did pterosaurs fly? -- New discoveries -- Clashes with dinosaurs -- Research continues -- Fossilized footprints found -- Pterosaur models -- Wing membrane -- Born to fly -- Weird appendage evolves -- Hercky glides! -- Remodeling continues -- Engine failure.Editor, Stephanie Munroe ; animation ; Elliott Animation, Inc. ; cinematographers, Ian Kerr, John Chater, David Linstrom ; music, Jim McGrath.Narrated by Nick Schatzki.As big a force as pterosaurs were in the history of life, they have largely remained a mystery to scientists. Now with the help of amazing special effects and engineering, learn about remarkable new discoveries that shed light on these creatures.Not rated.DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., surround.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nature television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Extinct birds.; Pterosauria.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Extinct and vanishing birds of the world / by Greenway, James C.(James Cowan),1903-1989.(CARDINAL)321392;
Bibliography: pages 439-485.
Subjects: Rare birds.; Extinct birds.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hope is the thing with feathers : a personal chronicle of vanished birds / by Cokinos, Christopher,author.(CARDINAL)330257;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-346) and index.
Subjects: Extinct birds;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Hope is the thing with feathers : a personal chronicle of vanished birds / by Cokinos, Christopher.(CARDINAL)330257;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-346).The Carolina Parakeet -- The Forgotten Parakeet -- Exotic -- Hope in a Cage -- The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker -- In Search of the Lord God Bird -- Returnings -- The Heath Hen -- The Fire Birds -- Capawack -- A Phoenix on the Vineyard -- The Passenger Pigeon -- The Dark Beneath Their Wings -- The Boy and the Pigeon -- Martha's Story -- The Labrador Duck and the Great Auk -- The Strangest Sea -- In a Northern Gulf: Journey to Bird Rock.An award-winning nature writer weaves natural history and personal experience into the dramatic story of the last days of six North American bird species. With a compelling blend of science, history, politics, and memoir, Cokino draws on unpublished photographs and documents to make these long-vanished birds come alive.
Subjects: Extinct birds;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Dodo : a brief history / by Fuller, Errol.(CARDINAL)330600;
MARCIVE 03/01/06Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-178) and index.Examines the dodo, a bird native to Mauritius which became extinct after the arrival of Dutch and Portuguese sailors to the island in the sixteenth century, and looks at the mystique that continues to surround the dodo.
Subjects: Dodo.; Extinct birds.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Flight ways : life and loss at the edge of extinction / by Van Dooren, Thom,1980-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-183) and index."A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his own ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural and ethical significance of modern-day extinctions. Unlike other meditations on the subject, Flight Ways incorporates the particularities of real animals and their worlds, drawing philosophers, natural scientists, and general readers into the experience of living among and losing biodiversity. Each chapter of Flight Ways focuses on a different species or group of birds: North Pacific albatrosses, Indian vultures, an endangered colony of penguins in Australia, Hawaiian crows, and the iconic whooping cranes of North America. Written in eloquent and moving prose, the book takes stock of what is lost when a life form disappears from the world -- the wide-ranging ramifications that ripple out to implicate a number of human and more-than-human others. Van Dooren intimately explores what life is like for those who must live on the edge of extinction, balanced between life and oblivion, taking care of their young and grieving their dead. He bolsters his studies with real-life accounts from scientists and local communities at the forefront of these developments. No longer abstract entities with Latin names, these species become fully realized characters enmeshed in complex and precarious ways of life, sparking our sense of curiosity, concern, and accountability toward others in a rapidly changing world"--
Subjects: Birds;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Bird [videorecording] / by Butt, Bill.; Kamei, Mike.; Kershaw, Justine.(CARDINAL)332336; Meehl, Brian.(CARDINAL)327283; Robbins, Alisa.; Sheen, Martin.(CARDINAL)161755; BBC Lionheart Television (Firm)(CARDINAL)329757; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.(CARDINAL)326912; DK Publishing, Inc.(CARDINAL)317714; Dorling Kindersley Limited.(CARDINAL)716951; Dorling Kindersley Vision.(CARDINAL)219109;
Bird (ca. 35 min.) -- The making of 'Eyewitness' (ca. 25 min.) -- Discover more about DK Eyewitness (ca. 2 min.).Music, Guy Michelmore.Narrator, Martin Sheen.Takes you soaring through the sky and around the world in an exciting journey from the bird's distant dinosaur past to its present astonishing variety. Take an up-close look at the staggering range of sizes, shapes, and habitats of these creatures.DVD, all regions, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC.
Subjects: Educational videos.; Birds.; Birds; Birds; Birds; Birds; Birds; Extinct birds.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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A feathered river across the sky : the passenger pigeon's flight to extinction / by Greenberg, Joel(Joel R.)(CARDINAL)657961;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-274) and index.Life of the wanderer -- My blood shall be your blood : Indians and passenger pigeons -- A legacy of awe -- Pigeons as provisions to pigeons as products -- Means of destruction -- Profiles in killing -- The tempest was spent : the last great nestings -- Flights to the finish -- Martha and her kin : the captive flocks -- Extinction and beyond -- Appendix: A passenger pigeon miscellany.Naturalist Joel Greenberg relates how the pigeons' propensity to nest, roost, and fly together in vast numbers made them vulnerable to unremitting market and recreational hunting. His cautionary tale provides a close look at what happens when species and natural resources are not harvested sustainably.
Subjects: Extinct animals.; Extinct birds.; Passenger pigeon.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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