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Owen Sewall Pettingill (1907–2001)

Autore di A Guide to Bird Finding East of the Mississippi

34+ opere 336 membri 3 recensioni

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Opere di Owen Sewall Pettingill

Bird Watcher's America (1965) 28 copie
Another Penguin Summer (1975) 15 copie
My Way to Ornithology (1992) 9 copie
Birds of the Black Hills (1965) 4 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Pettingill, Owen Sewall
Data di nascita
1907-10-30
Data di morte
2001-12-11
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Belgrade, Maine, USA

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Briefly reviews the history of the University of Michigan Biological Station, situated on 9,500 acres between Burt and Douglas lakes in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula, 1909-1973; details the history of ornithological investigations at the station; and provides an annotated list of 251 species documented at the station and surrounding region through 1973. An important regional work.
 
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birdsetcetera | Mar 12, 2011 |
Differing articles about birds in different sections of America and migration spectacles such as at Pt. Pelee
 
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islandkeeper | 1 altra recensione | Oct 26, 2008 |
This is a compilation of reviews of birdy places by the authorities on those specific places. Most are very interesting reading, conveying beauty, wildness, unimaginable numbers of individuals, and other unique qualities as the location dictates.

In its day, this book was perhaps a classic. What makes the book so memorable is the excelent choice of individual authors for each chapter or location. The authors are on an intimate relationship with the places and the birdlife at the places they describe and that detailed understanding comes through again and again, making both thorough and accurate facts, and very interesting reading.… (altro)
 
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billsearth | 1 altra recensione | Aug 13, 2008 |

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Statistiche

Opere
34
Opere correlate
2
Utenti
336
Popolarità
#70,811
Voto
½ 3.4
Recensioni
3
ISBN
16

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