Look up! : birds and other natural wonders just outside your window

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Look up! : birds and other natural wonders just outside your window / Woody Wheeler.

Wheeler, Woody, 1951- (author.).

Summary:

You don't have to travel around the world or spend a ton of money to enjoy the wonders of nature. Look Up! Birds and Other Natural Wonders Just Outside Your Window is a series of well-researched nature essays that will inspire readers to experience the outdoors in an affordable, accessible and joyful way. The essays encourage backyard and local bird watching, native plant landscaping and restoration, practical energy conservation and land conservation. They also explore how we can derive psychological benefits from these activities-how nature can help us live happier, more fulfilled and reward.

Record details

ISBN: 9781771410625 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1771410620 (pbk.)
Physical Description: 157 pages ; 22 cm.
Publisher: [North Vancouver, British Columbia] : Influence Publishing, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references: pages 151-156.
Formatted Contents Note:: Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Avian Neighbors; Blame the Waxwings; Back Row Birder; Woody Woodpecker Revisited; Go East, Young Finch!; Avian Architects; Carbo-Loading for Migration; Anna's World; Bird Brainy; Singing Sensation; Chapter 2: Renewing the Spirit; Zombies Walking Amok; Is Faster Better?; The Unfortunate Rake; Creative Boredom; Natural Light Gathering; Skies of November; Soul Refuges; Look Up!; Chapter 3: Restoring Landscapes; The Man Who Plants Native Trees and Plants; Landscape Restoration Matters.

A Circle of LifeLegalize Shrubs; Snagscaping; Tree Tolerance; Heavenly Landfill; Drum Solo Live at the Fill; Urban Birding; Chapter 4: Conserving Our Best Assets; Shopping by Bike; Tri-Errand-Athlon; Small is Still Beautiful; Missed "InVestas" Opportunities; Rock Rabbits on the Run; Grizzly Nutcracker Tree; Tanager Tree; Working the Sap Lines; Hermit Revival; Saving Sacred Lands; Roosevelts Won Olympics; A Tale of Two Middle Forks; Happy 150th Jens Jensen; A Forest Grows in Bothell; Good Happens; Keep the Green Fire Burning; Chapter 5: Traveling to Meet New Species; Burnham, Daley, and Ward.

Resplendent Costa RicaWallula Gap-Legendary Landscape; Shake and Shriek; A Mag(ellanic) Experience; The Ultimate Christmas Gift; Iberá-Wet Wonder of the World; Bird Airports; An Affinity for Aesthetics; Snowy Irruption; Chapter 6: The Nature of Politics; Celebrate Science; Return of the Lorax; Bipartisan Conservation; Have We Evolved?; Embracing Vulture and Sparrow Culture; Rocky Road to Wolf Recovery; Predator Paranoia; Chapter 7: The Joy of Birding; What's In Your Back Yard?; Birding Can (Should) Be Fun; Birding for Under 100; Snipe Hunting; Halloween Icon; Hanging Out With Mixed Flocks.