ISBN: 0774806346

With its striking plumage, the great blue heron is one of the most widely recognized wading birds in North America. Riding on kelp beds in the Queen Charlotte Islands, wading in coastal s… Plus…

With its striking plumage, the great blue heron is one of the most widely recognized wading birds in North America. Riding on kelp beds in the Queen Charlotte Islands, wading in coastal streams along the mainland, poised motionless at the water's edge on a misty morning, or nesting in the limbs of old-growth forests, this stately bird is a familiar sight on the coast of British Columbia. The largest colonies are on the Fraser River delta, an area of great ecological significance to the north Pacific. Despite a growing body of knowledge regarding many aspects of the species' breeding biology and courtship behaviour, the foraging and population ecology of this bird remains something of an enigma. In his beautifully illustrated book, Robert Butler follows the great blue heron through a year on the coast of British Columbia. He draws on more than a decade of work to throw light on the adaptability of this magnificent bird to a temperate climate, its diet and breeding habits, habitat use, and conservation. Although the great blue heron has become a symbol of wetland conservation, in recent years it has had to face new challenges as a consequence of rapid urbanization of its environment. In The Great Blue Heron the author also describes the B.C. coast and shares a vision for the conservation of the Strait of Georgia and the Fraser River delta. biological sciences,biology,birdwatching,ecology,nature,nature and ecology,science and math Biology, University of British Columbia Press<

ISBN: 0774806346

[SR: 5295216], Paperback, [EAN: 9780774806343], University of British Columbia Press, University of British Columbia Press, Book, [PU: University of British Columbia Press], 1999-06-30, U… Plus…

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ISBN: 9780774806343

With its striking plumage, the great blue heron is one of the most widely recognized wading birds in North America. Robert Butler follows the great blue heron through the cycle of a year,… Plus…

With its striking plumage, the great blue heron is one of the most widely recognized wading birds in North America. Robert Butler follows the great blue heron through the cycle of a year, considering its adaptability to a temperate climate, diet and foraging habits, breeding, biology, dispersal and demography, habitat use, and conservation. Media > Book, [PU: University of British Columbia Press]<