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1 online resource (178 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Lesser Sandhill Cranes: Pleistocene Relicts from the Tundra; 2. The Other Sandhills: From Sedge Bogs to Palm Savannas; 3. The Whooping Crane: Still Surviving Despite the Odds; 4. Our Cranes and Their Fragile Futures; Appendix: Crane Viewing Sites in the United States and Canada; References; Suggested Reading; Online Sources of Information on Cranes; Index. |
| Summary |
Driving west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard remarks, is like driving backward in time. "I suspect," he says, "that the migrating cranes of a pre-ice age period some ten million years ago would fully understand every nuance of the crane conversation going on today along the Platte." Johnsgard has spent nearly a half century observing cranes, from a yearly foray to Nebraska's Platte River valley to see the spring migration, to pilgrimages to the birds' wintering grounds in Arizona and nesting territory in Alaska. In this book he draws from his own extensive experience. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sandhill crane.
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Sandhill crane. |
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Whooping crane.
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Whooping crane. |
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Wetland birds -- North America.
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Wetland birds. |
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North America. |
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Cranes (Birds) -- Conservation -- North America.
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Cranes (Birds) |
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Bird watching -- North America.
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Bird watching. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Johnsgard, Paul A. Sandhill and Whooping Cranes : Ancient Voices over America's Wetlands. Lincoln : UNP - Bison Original, ©2011 |
| ISBN |
9780803238282 (electronic book) |
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0803238282 (electronic book) |
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