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Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings
by Suzie Gilbert“A delightful must-read…. It charms, delights, and educates while providing a fascinating tale of love and devotion to the feathered creatures that share our increasingly crowded world.” — Joanna Burger, author of The Parrot Who Owns Me“Gilbert’s ethics and talent for writing have made her the perfect author to bring the world of wildlife rehabilitation to the reader.” — Wilson JournalIn this captivating memoir, Suzie Gilbert tells the rollicking story of how she turned her family life upside down to pursue her unusual passion for rehabilitating wild birds. Fans of Michael Pollan, James Herriot, and Elizabeth Marshal Thomas are sure to find much to cherish in Flyaway.
Flying Blind: One Man's Adventures Battling Buckthorn, Making Peace with Authority, and Creating a Home for Endangered Bats
by Don MitchellWhen Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell was approached by a biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department about tracking endangered Indiana bats on his 150-acre farm in Vermont's picturesque Champlain Valley, Mitchell's relationship with bats—and with government—could be characterized as distrustful, at best.But the flying rats, as Mitchell initially thinks of them, launched him on a series of "improvements" to his land that would provide a more welcoming habitat for the bats—and a modest tax break for himself and his family. Whether persuading his neighbors to join him on a "silent meditation," pulling invasive garlic mustard out of the ground by hand, navigating the tacit ground rules of buying an ATV off Craigslist, or leaving just enough honeysuckle to give government inspectors "something to find," Mitchell&’s tale is as profound as it is funny—a journey that changes Mitchell&’s relationship with Chiroptera, the land, and, ultimately, his understanding of his own past.Ruminating on the nature of authority, the purview of the state, and the value of inhabiting one&’s niche—Mitchell reveals much about our inner and outer landscape, in this perfectly paced and skilled story of place.
Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds
by John PickrellThe discovery of stunning, feathered dinosaur fossils coming out of China since 2006 suggest that these creatures were much more bird-like than paleontologists previously imagined. Further evidence—bones, genetics, eggs, behavior, and more—has shown a seamless transition from fleet-footed carnivores to the ancestors of modern birds.Mixing colorful portraits with news on the latest fossil findings and interviews with leading paleontologists in the United States, China, Europe, and Australia, John Pickrell explains and details dinosaurs' development of flight. This special capacity introduced a whole new range of abilities for the animals and helped them survive a mass extinction, when thousands of other dinosaur species that once populated the Earth did not. Pickrell also turns his journalistic eye toward the stories behind the latest discoveries, investigating the role of the Chinese black market in trading fossils, the controversies among various dinosaur hunters, the interference of national governments intent on protecting scientific information, and the race to publish findings first that make this research such a dynamic area of science.
Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds
by John Pickrell&“It will be difficult for any reader to think about dinosaurs—or birds—in the same ways they had before.&”—Publishers Weekly The discovery of stunning, feathered dinosaur fossils coming out of China in the twentieth century suggests that these creatures were much more bird-like than paleontologists previously imagined. Further evidence—bones, genetics, eggs, behavior, and more—has shown a seamless transition from fleet-footed carnivores to the ancestors of modern birds. Mixing colorful portraits with news on the latest fossil findings and interviews with leading paleontologists in the United States, China, Europe, and Australia, John Pickrell explains and details dinosaurs&’ development of flight. This special capacity introduced a whole new range of abilities for the animals and helped them survive a mass extinction, when thousands of other dinosaur species that once populated Earth did not. Pickrell also turns his journalistic eye toward the stories behind the latest discoveries, investigating the role of the Chinese black market in trading fossils, the controversies among various dinosaur hunters, the interference of national governments intent on protecting scientific information, and the race to publish findings first that make this research such a dynamic area of science. &“Fascinating.&”
Flying Feet: A Mud Flat Story
by James StevensonWhat's that noise? Is it a bunch of giant woodpeckers? No, it's the amazing tap-dance team of Tonya and Ted, who've come to Mud Flat to produce a big dance extravaganza. And now that they've soft-shoed their way into town, all the residents are eager to fork over plenty for tap-dance lessons. How else will they become stars?
Flying Finish
by Dick FrancisLord Henry Grey had a bad disposition. Or so his sister, his co-workers, and just about everyone else said. But Henry knew a new job was all he needed. His present career as an office worker and part-time amateur jockey would never do. So he took a new job--air transport of racehorses--which would let him see the world, and maybe change his luck. His luck changed all right--when he discovers that he's actually transporting something altogether different--and has to call upon every ounce of resourcefulness he has to land with his life intact.
Flying Fish: Take a Flying Leap! / Water Birds: From the Sky to the Sea (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Gold #Level Q)
by Lisa BenjaminFlying Fish: Take a Flying Leap! Author: Lisa Benjamin <p><p> Water Birds: From the Sky to the Sea Author: Lisa Benjamin
Flying Fox Bats (Bats)
by Pamela J. GerholdtFrom the Book jacket: Bats are mammals, like dogs, cats, and horses. Learn how to entity the many different types of bats. Enter their mysterious world and find out where they live. Discover the amazing way they "see" in the dark, and how they find food. Books in this series include: dog-faced bats fisherman bats flying Fox bats spear-nosed bats vampire bats wrinkle-faced bats
Flying Foxes and Other Bats (World Book's Animals of the World)
by Sheri RedaFrom the book: * Some scientists think that flying foxes and other fruit bats are more closely related to primates (such mammals as humans and apes) than they are to other bats. * Bats groom themselves as cats do. Bats frequently wash their faces and then fluff up their fur. * A newborn bat may weigh nearly half as much as its mother. * Rousette fruit bats echolocate differently than do most bats. Instead of making high pitched squeaks and clicks in their voice boxes, they click and clack with their tongues. *According to the fossil record, bats have looked almost the same for the past 50 million years. * Scientists have proved that bats have been roosting in Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico for 17,000 years.
Flying Frogs and Walking Fish: Leaping Lemurs, Tumbling Toads, Jet-Propelled Jellyfish, and More Surprising Ways That Animals Move
by Steve Jenkins Robin PageA red-lipped batfish waddles across the sea floor on its fins, searching for small sea creatures to eat. Other animals may fly or glide, or jet-propel themselves to get around. These creatures come equipped with legs, wings, or tentacles, and they often move from place to place in surprising ways. In the latest eye-catching escape into the kingdom of Animalia, Caldecott Honor-winning team Jenkins and Page show how animals roll, fly, walk, leap, climb, swim and even flip! This fascinating and fun illustrated nonfiction melds science, art, biology, and the environment together in a detailed and well-researched book about how animals move in our world today.
Flying Insects and Robots
by Dario Floreano Jean-Christophe Zufferey Mandyam V. Srinivasan Charlie EllingtonFlying insects are intelligent micromachines capable of exquisite maneuvers in unpredictable environments. Understanding these systems advances our knowledge of flight control, sensor suites, and unsteady aerodynamics, which is of crucial interest to engineers developing intelligent flying robots or micro air vehicles (MAVs). The insights we gain when synthesizing bioinspired systems can in turn benefit the fields of neurophysiology, ethology and zoology by providing real-life tests of the proposed models. This book was written by biologists and engineers leading the research in this crossdisciplinary field. It examines all aspects of the mechanics, technology and intelligence of insects and insectoids. After introductory-level overviews of flight control in insects, dedicated chapters focus on the development of autonomous flying systems using biological principles to sense their surroundings and autonomously navigate. A significant part of the book is dedicated to the mechanics and control of flapping wings both in insects and artificial systems. Finally hybrid locomotion, energy harvesting and manufacturing of small flying robots are covered. A particular feature of the book is the depth on realization topics such as control engineering, electronics, mechanics, optics, robotics and manufacturing. This book will be of interest to academic and industrial researchers engaged with theory and engineering in the domains of aerial robotics, artificial intelligence, and entomology.
Flying Serpents and Dragons: The Story of Man's Reptilian Past
by R. A. BoulayWorld-wide legends refer to giant flying lizards and dragons which came to this planet and founded the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China. Who were these reptilian creatures? This book provides the answers to many of the riddles of history.
Flytying for Beginners: Learn All the Basic Tying Skills via 12 Popular International Patterns
by Barry Ord ClarkeThis is a guide book for those totally new to the art of tying flies. Until now, learning flytying from a book has not only been challenging, but often the cause of great frustration, with photographs or diagrams making even the elementary techniques difficult to grasp. Step-by-step images help a reasonably proficient flytyer understand the stages in making a fly, but for the new beginner, there will always be a gap between each step-by-step image, which can be bewildering. Seeing the manual maneuvers that take place in these pages can make the different between success and failure for a beginner. The techniques you will learn in this book are the building blocks for which all successful fishing flies, even the most complex ones, are based.
Foal Breeding for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide for the First-Time Horse Breeder
by Lainey Cullen-McConkeyThe Ultimate Companion for the First-Time Foal Breeder Even for an experienced horse owner or caretaker, breeding your first foal can be an exciting yet nerve-racking experience. With more than thirty years of experience, horse owner, trainer, and caretaker Lainey Cullen-McConkey blends a bit of science, a bit of textbook, and a fair bit of personal experience to offer a good basic understanding of foal breeding for the first-time breeder. Foal Breeding for Beginners follows Lainey&’s personal journey with her own foal, covering the entire gestation period from ultrasounds and vaccinations to care and training. Other helpful topics include: Choosing a stallionThe breeding processCare of the pregnant mareFoalingWhat can go wrongWeaningBasic education of the foalAnd so much more!Foal Breeding for Beginners covers everything you need to know and do to make your own foal breeding journey just a little bit less stressful.
Foal in the Fog (Animal Ark Hauntings #5)
by Ben M. BaglioMandy and her best friend James are used to dealing with animals in distress. But ghostly animals in distress are a different matter... One day, while out riding, Mandy gets separated from her cousin and lost in the fog.
Foals in the Field (Animal Ark #24)
by Ben M. BaglioAll animals and animal lovers are welcome at the Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic. At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need.
Foals in the Field (Animal Ark #32)
by Lucy DanielsAnimal Ark is the veterinary surgery run by Mandy Hope's parents. If there are animals to be protected or looked after, Mandy is always there to help.When twin foals are born on Drysdale Farm, Mandy and James help their owner, Nick Summers. Nick is so busy building up the farm's stables, he doesn't have time to care for the sick foals. And if he isn't careful, he'll have to sell the farm, too. What will happen to the foals? Can Mandy save the day?FOALS IN THE FIELD is one of the best-loved ANIMAL ARK stories. Have you read them all?
Focus On Phytochemical Pesticides
by Martin JacobsonFirst published in 1989. Presents research and findings from a series of conferences in the 1980s on the use of plants in pesticides for insect control.
Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner
by Gregory R. LisciandroFocused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner offers a highly practical guide to incorporating abbreviated ultrasound exams into the veterinary practice. Focused point-of-care exams are an effective way to quickly detect conditions and complications not readily apparent through the physical exam, laboratory diagnostics, or radiographic findings. Encompassing all the information needed to begin performing these techniques, Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner is a useful tool for improving patient outcomes in clinical practice.Covering focused exams in all body systems, the book also outlines the principles of interventional radiology, medical documentation, and the basic fundamentals of using an ultrasound machine. A companion website offers 87 video clips of AFAST, TFAST, and Vet Blue examinations with normal, abnormal, and incidental findings at www.wiley.com/go/lisciandro/ultrasound. Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner is an essential purchase for veterinary practitioners and specialists wanting to implement these techniques in their veterinary practice.
Foghorn Flattery and the Dancing Horses (Foghorn Flattery #2)
by Barbara SteinerWhen a Vienna show horse is stolen, the Flattery siblings will stop at nothing to find the steed and solve the caseC.C. and Foghorn Flattery love traveling around the world with their dad for his freelance writing assignments. Their latest stop is Vienna—a city of beauty, culture, and of course, the Spanish Riding School. C.C. can&’t wait to see the famous dancing horses, but when they get to the school, they discover that one of the stallions has been stolen!It&’s up to Foghorn and C.C. to track down the missing horse and return him to his rightful owners. But to do so, they&’ll have to escape a circus, hide out in a spooky castle, and outsmart the thieves before it&’s too late!
Foghorn Flattery and the Vanishing Rhinos (Foghorn Flattery #1)
by Barbara SteinerThe Flattery siblings put their heads together to figure out who&’s poaching rhinos in a Kenyan wildlife parkFoghorn Flattery may be a twelve-year-old genius, but to his sister C.C., he&’s just her know-it-all big brother. Foghorn can be annoying, but when they&’re faced with a mystery, he is definitely someone C.C. wants on her side. Their father takes them to Kenya, where he&’s doing research for an article about rhinoceros preservation, and the family discovers that a group of poachers is killing rhinos at a wildlife park. What&’s worse, it appears that one of the park&’s workers may be helping the criminals!The Flattery siblings are determined to save the park&’s two new baby rhinos and catch the bad guys. With Foghorn&’s big brain and C.C.&’s big heart, these two make a great team. However, protecting the rhinos may put Foghorn and C.C. in more danger than they ever imagined.
Folding for the Synapse
by Andreas Wyttenbach Vincent O'ConnorFolding for the Synapse addresses the current view on how protein folding and misfolding, controlled by molecular chaperones, contribute to synapse function and dysfunction. Molecular chaperones have been studied in relation to de novo protein folding, but there is increasing awareness that chaperone function is required for the regulation of protein dynamics when functioning physiologically as an isolated moiety or part of a protein complex. This book will introduce both important concepts of folding machineries and give examples of the biological relevance of further chaperone functions.
Folklore and Zoology
by Floe FoxonA scientific excursion into folklore, zoology, and cryptozoology, this text highlights a field, often called a pseudoscience, which seriously considers the possible existence of hidden or unknown animals not recognised in conventional zoology. Folklore and Zoology accessibly reviews the science of DNA samples; film and photograph analysis; hair and footprint examination; and the statistics behind such alleged animals as Sasquatch and the Yeti, Nessie and Champ, the Griffin and the Thunderbirds, and the possible survival of the thylacine, ivory-billed woodpecker, eastern cougar, and others. With over 400 references, Folklore and Zoology is among the most complete scientific review of cryptozoology to date, with discussion of the history and future, and successes and failures of this controversial and fascinating field, offering a fresh synthesis of a highly interdisciplinary literature. This book is ideal reading for students and academics interested in and studying zoology, palaeontology, and folklore courses.
Follow Me!: Animal Parents and Babies (Readers)
by Shira EvansJoin animal moms, dads, and babies, as these animal parents teach their young ones about the world. Adult and child readers can cuddle up and read aloud and learn together in this new "you read, I read" co-reader format.
Follow Me, Mittens (My First I Can Read)
by Lola M. SchaeferMittens the kitten goes on a walk with his little boy, Nick. When Mittens gets distracted by a yellow butterfly, Mittens gets lost! New readers will enjoy this sweet story with a happy resolution.With fun read-aloud words, clear visual cues, and word repetition, Follow Me, Mittens is a great entry to reading for the very youngest readers. Mittens the kitten is friendly and curious and learning to explore his world.This My First I Can Read Book is perfect for shared reading with toddlers and very young children. Basic language and sweet illustrations make this book just right for the emergent reader.