Essays of memorable, astonishing-and in some instances, life-changing-encounters with wild animals. A reminder that nature's wondrous wild surrounds us all the time, wherever we live, if we'll only open our senses and pay attention.
Essays of memorable, astonishing-and in some instances, life-changing-encounters with wild animals. A reminder that nature's wondrous wild surrounds us all the time, wherever we live, if we'll only open our senses and pay attention.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
For more than three decades, Anchorage-based writer Bill Sherwonit has written extensively about wilderness, the natural history of animals and plants, wildlife management, connection to place, conservation issues, and notions of wildness. He¿s contributed stories and photos to a wide variety of national publications and is the author of over a dozen books about Alaska. He also teaches nature and travel writing in his adopted hometown of Anchorage. www.billsherwonit.alaskawriters.com.
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Introduction/Author s Note I. Meeting the Neighbors The Songs of Robins Stretch Across Time and Space The Hidden Lives of Hares and Shrews Living with Moose Through the Seasons and Across the Years Watching Belugas Point Woronzof s Spectacle of Swallows Squirrelly Behavior Leaving the Nest Ravens in Winter Redpoll Serenade: Celebrating the End of Winter Of Bears and Bird Seed Listening to Owl II. Along City and Highway Fringes A Gathering of Swans Called to a Primeval Presence: Anchorage s Sandhill Cranes Nesting Goshawks Arctic Terns, the World s Greatest Long-Distance Flyers Campbell Creek s Silvers On the Trail, Finding Lynx Valley of the Eagles III. Backcountry Encounters In the Company of Bears Crossing Paths with Porcupine Looking into Wild Eyes Seeking Caribou, Touching the Arctic Refuge s Coastal Plain Fourteen Ways of Viewing Alaskäs Wild, White Sheep Meeting a Legend: Wolverine Paddling with Porpoises Wilderness Music: Sharing a Valley with Howling Wolves IV. Oddities, Surprises, and Dilemmas A Gift of Halibut Leonard Peyton s Redpoll Project Otter Catastrophe Nice Weather Gets Seals Hot Mystery of Alaskäs Deformed-Bill Chickadees An Overlooked Marvel: In Search of Anchorage s Wood Frogs Of Waxwings and Goshawks and Standing Up to Power A Tale of Two Wolverines and One Beloved Dog
Introduction/Author s Note I. Meeting the Neighbors The Songs of Robins Stretch Across Time and Space The Hidden Lives of Hares and Shrews Living with Moose Through the Seasons and Across the Years Watching Belugas Point Woronzof s Spectacle of Swallows Squirrelly Behavior Leaving the Nest Ravens in Winter Redpoll Serenade: Celebrating the End of Winter Of Bears and Bird Seed Listening to Owl II. Along City and Highway Fringes A Gathering of Swans Called to a Primeval Presence: Anchorage s Sandhill Cranes Nesting Goshawks Arctic Terns, the World s Greatest Long-Distance Flyers Campbell Creek s Silvers On the Trail, Finding Lynx Valley of the Eagles III. Backcountry Encounters In the Company of Bears Crossing Paths with Porcupine Looking into Wild Eyes Seeking Caribou, Touching the Arctic Refuge s Coastal Plain Fourteen Ways of Viewing Alaskäs Wild, White Sheep Meeting a Legend: Wolverine Paddling with Porpoises Wilderness Music: Sharing a Valley with Howling Wolves IV. Oddities, Surprises, and Dilemmas A Gift of Halibut Leonard Peyton s Redpoll Project Otter Catastrophe Nice Weather Gets Seals Hot Mystery of Alaskäs Deformed-Bill Chickadees An Overlooked Marvel: In Search of Anchorage s Wood Frogs Of Waxwings and Goshawks and Standing Up to Power A Tale of Two Wolverines and One Beloved Dog
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