A History of Oregon Ornithology

From Territorial Days to the Rise of Birding

Alan L. Contreras, Vjera E. Thompson, Nolan M. Clements (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2022
Oregon State University (Verlag)
978-0-87071-400-9 (ISBN)

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Provides a detailed and entertaining tour of how birds were first observed and studied by explorers in what is now Oregon. The narrative takes the reader from Lewis and Clark through the 1950s, then refocuses on how birding and related amateur field observation grew outside the realm of academic and conservation agencies.

History of Oregon Ornithology is a detailed and entertaining tour of how birds were first observed and studied by explorers in what is now Oregon. The narrative takes the reader from Lewis and Clark through the 1950s, then refocuses on how birding and related amateur field observation grew outside the realm of academic and conservation agencies.

Alan L. Contreras, now retired from a career in higher education, is a writer, editor, and birder. His numerous books include Birds of Oregon: A General Reference and Afield: Forty Years of Birding the American West. Vjera E. Thompson was an early volunteer with the BirdNotes database. She is a reviewer for the eBird database and local data organizer for the Christmas Bird Count. Nolan M. Clements is a young ornithologist who received his BS in fisheries, wildlife, and conservation science from Oregon State University, where he was a recipient of the Robinson Ornithology Fellowship.

Erscheinungsdatum	30.09.2022
Zusatzinfo	52 b&w illustrations, 8 page colour section
Verlagsort	Corvallis, OR
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-87071-400-7 / 0870714007
ISBN-13	978-0-87071-400-9 / 9780870714009
Zustand	Neuware