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Author Heinrich, Bernd, 1940- author

Title A naturalist at large : the best essays of Bernd Heinrich / Bernd Heinrich

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  508 H469n 2018    AVAILABLE  
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  OFFSITE 508 H469n 2018 c.2  LIBR USE ONLY  
 Farmington Stacks  QH45.5 .H43 2018    AVAILABLE  
Phys Descr xiii, 288 pages ; 22 cm
Note Includes index
Contents Life in the soil -- Rock-solid foundation -- The spreading chestnut tree -- When the bough bends -- O Tannenbaum -- Reading tree leaves -- Hot- and cold-blooded moths -- Woolly and wondrous -- Winter guests -- Arctic bumblebees -- Beating the heat, and killing with heat -- Bee-lining vs. bee homing -- Beetles and blooms -- Cooperative undertaking : teaming with mites -- Whirligig beetles : quick paddlers -- Ravens on my mind -- A birdbrain nevermore -- Ravens and the inaccessible -- Phoebe diary -- Conversation with a sapsucker -- Hawk watching -- Kinglets' realm of cold -- The diabolical nightjar -- Nutcracker sweets -- Hibernation, insulation and caffeination -- Cohabiting with elephants : a browsing relationship -- The hunt : a matter of perspective -- Endurance predator -- Synchronicity : amplifying the signal -- What bees and flowers know -- Curious yellow : a foray into iris behavior -- Twists and turns -- Birds coloring their eggs -- Birds, bees, and beauty : adaptive aesthetics -- Seeing the light in the forest
Summary "From the acclaimed scientist and writer, essays collected for the first time in book form, on ravens and other birds, insects, trees, elephants, and more: once again 'passionate observations [that] superbly mix memoir and science.'(New York Times)"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Heinrich, Bernd, 1940- Essays. Selections
Natural history -- Popular works
Science -- Popular works
Authors, American -- Maine
Alt Title Essays. Selections
Other Form Online version: Heinrich, Bernd, 1940- Naturalist at large. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018 9780544986879 (DLC) 2018010653
OCLC # 1027733187
ISBN # 9780544986831
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