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With knowledge, devotion, and a true artist’s eye, Albus explains in graceful, precise prose why the decline of these bird species is a great loss both to the natural world and, unavoidably, to culture. With each species lost, a world is lost to human understanding—to our arts, our mythology, and our environment.
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"This book was translated from the German into English, and in some ways is a through back style, with a curious mix of history, science, Natural History, and a little literature. For example when discussing the waldrapps, “ If, as the Chinese proverb goes, the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names, then wisdom was squandered in the naming of several general of species. “. Perhaps the chapters on North American birds interested me most, so Audubon’s descriptions of Passenger Pigeon’s Eclipse in Kentucky, and then the last, Martha’s, demise in the Cincinnati Zoo was most striking. Perhaps it’s not an optimist view†We have no Noah to stop the fragmentation of wildlife areas in this world flooded with out species. The story of the Spix’s Maxaw teaches us how little the wise minority can counter stupidity and greed.â€, but her perspective is welcome. Not all of the chapters are about extinct or endangered species, for example there is a chapter on kingfishers., Lavishly illustrated, with both period art (example Audubon, Edward Lear 1832, or Oskar Heinroth photographs of developing chicks from 1926) as well as her own drawings(I particularly liked her Barn Owl) adds a lot to he book."
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On Rare Birds A Lamentation on Natural HistoryÂ’s Extinct and Endangered Anita Albus Gerald Chapple 9780762788057 Books Reviews :
On Rare Birds A Lamentation on Natural HistoryÂ’s Extinct and Endangered Anita Albus Gerald Chapple 9780762788057 Books Reviews
- This book was translated from the German into English, and in some ways is a through back style, with a curious mix of history, science, Natural History, and a little literature. For example when discussing the waldrapps, “ If, as the Chinese proverb goes, the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names, then wisdom was squandered in the naming of several general of species. “. Perhaps the chapters on North American birds interested me most, so Audubon’s descriptions of Passenger Pigeon’s Eclipse in Kentucky, and then the last, Martha’s, demise in the Cincinnati Zoo was most striking. Perhaps it’s not an optimist view†We have no Noah to stop the fragmentation of wildlife areas in this world flooded with out species. The story of the Spix’s Maxaw teaches us how little the wise minority can counter stupidity and greed.â€, but her perspective is welcome. Not all of the chapters are about extinct or endangered species, for example there is a chapter on kingfishers., Lavishly illustrated, with both period art (example Audubon, Edward Lear 1832, or Oskar Heinroth photographs of developing chicks from 1926) as well as her own drawings(I particularly liked her Barn Owl) adds a lot to he book.
