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A uniquely personal meditation on Britain's gulls by one of today's leading wildlife writers. From a distance, gulls are beautiful symbols of freedom over the oceanic wilderness. Up close, however, they can be loud, aggressive and even violent. Yet gulls fascinate birdwatchers, and seafarers regard them with respect and affection. The Gull Next Door explores the natural history of gulls and their complicated relationship with humans. Marianne Taylor grew up in an English seaside town where gulls are ever present. Today, she is a passionate advocate for these underappreciated birds. In this book, Taylor looks at the different gull species and sheds light on all aspects of the lives of gulls—how they find food, raise families, socialize and migrate across sea, coastland and countryside. She discusses the herring gull, Britain's best-known and most persecuted gull species, whose numbers are declining at an alarming rate. She looks at gulls in legend, fiction and popular culture, and explains what we can do to protect gull populations around the world. The Gull Next Door reveals deeper truths about these remarkable birds. They are thinkers and innovators, devoted partners and parents. They lead long lives and often indulge their powerful drive to explore and travel. But for all these natural gifts, many gull species are struggling to survive in the wild places they naturally inhabit, which is why they are now exploiting the opportunities of human habitats. This book shows how we might live more harmoniously with these majestic yet misunderstood birds.
Gulls --- Human-animal relationships. --- Animal-human relationships --- Animal-man relationships --- Animals and humans --- Human beings and animals --- Man-animal relationships --- Relationships, Human-animal --- Animals --- Larinae --- Sea gulls --- Seagulls --- Laridae --- Great Britain. --- Anglia --- Angliyah --- Briṭanyah --- England and Wales --- Förenade kungariket --- Grã-Bretanha --- Grande-Bretagne --- Grossbritannien --- Igirisu --- Iso-Britannia --- Marea Britanie --- Nagy-Britannia --- Prydain Fawr --- Royaume-Uni --- Saharātchaʻānāčhak --- Storbritannien --- United Kingdom --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland --- Velikobritanii͡ --- Wielka Brytania --- Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta --- Northern Ireland --- Scotland --- Wales --- Bonaparte’s gull. --- California gull. --- Caspian gull. --- European herring gull. --- Franklin’s gull. --- Iceland gull. --- John C. Coulson. --- Landfill. --- Sabine’s gull. --- Tim Dee. --- birders. --- birding books. --- birdwatching. --- black-backed gull. --- black-headed gull. --- black-legged kittiwake. --- brown-hooded gull. --- common gull. --- conservation. --- glaucous gull. --- grey gull. --- gulls. --- herring gull. --- kelp gull. --- laughing gull. --- little gull. --- marine conservation. --- marine wildlife. --- ocean wildlife. --- ring-billed gull. --- seabirds. --- seagulls. --- urban wildlife. --- yellow-legged gull.
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A simpler and more user-friendly visual approach to gull identificationThis unique photographic field guide to North America's gulls provides a comparative approach to identification that concentrates on the size, structure, and basic plumage features of gulls-gone are the often-confusing array of plumage details found in traditional guides.Featuring hundreds of color photos throughout, Gulls Simplified illustrates the variations of gull plumages for a variety of ages, giving readers strong visual reference points for each species. Extensive captions accompany the photos, which include comparative photo arrays, digitized photo arrays for each age group, and numerous images of each species-a wealth of visual information at your fingertips. This one-of-a-kind guide includes detailed species accounts and a distribution map for each gull.An essential field companion for North American birders, Gulls Simplified reduces the confusion commonly associated with gull identification, offering a more user-friendly way of observing these marvelous birds.Provides a simpler approach to gull identificationFeatures a wealth of color photos for easy comparison among speciesIncludes detailed captions that explain identification criteria and aging, with direct visual reinforcement above the captionsCombines plumage details with a focus on size, body shape, and structural features for easy identification in the fieldHighlights important field marks and physical features for each gull
North America. --- Nordamerika. --- Albinism. --- American coot. --- American herring gull. --- American oystercatcher. --- Arctic fox. --- Audubon's shearwater. --- Auk. --- Bald eagle. --- Bird atlas. --- Bird migration. --- Black-headed gull. --- Black-legged kittiwake. --- Black-tailed gull. --- Blue-gray. --- Bonaparte's gull. --- Booby. --- Broad-winged hawk. --- Brown booby. --- Brown pelican. --- Bycatch. --- California gull. --- Caspian tern. --- Common gull. --- Common tern. --- Covert feather. --- Diving bird. --- Diving duck. --- Dogfish. --- Dowitcher. --- Dunlin. --- Egret. --- Eye color. --- Flight feather. --- Forster's tern. --- Franklin's gull. --- Gannet. --- Glaucous gull. --- Glaucous-winged gull. --- Glaucous. --- Great black-backed gull. --- Great shearwater. --- Gull wing. --- Gull. --- Halibut. --- Heermann's gull. --- Herring gull. --- Horseshoe crab. --- Iceland gull. --- Invertebrate. --- Ivory gull. --- Kelp gull. --- Larva. --- Laughing gull. --- Lesser black-backed gull. --- Lesser scaup. --- Little gull. --- Marine biology. --- Masked booby. --- Mormon cricket. --- Moulting. --- Northern flicker. --- Northern fulmar. --- Northern gannet. --- Northwestern crow. --- Ornithology. --- Pacific gull. --- Parasitic jaeger. --- Pelican. --- Phalarope. --- Piebald. --- Plover. --- Plumage. --- Red-breasted merganser. --- Ring-billed gull. --- Rollover Pass. --- Ross's gull. --- Royal tern. --- Sabine's gull. --- Sandpiper. --- Sandwich tern. --- Sea otter. --- Seabird. --- Seawater. --- Sharp-shinned hawk. --- Shearwater. --- Skua. --- Slaty-backed gull. --- Sooty shearwater. --- Southern California. --- Tern. --- Thayer's gull. --- The Sibley Guide to Birds. --- Tilapia. --- Vega gull. --- Wader. --- Warbler. --- Western gull. --- White tern. --- Yellow-footed gull. --- Yellow-legged gull.
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