03755nam 2200649 450 991082195470332120230803195826.00-8032-5697-30-8032-5696-50-8032-5337-0(CKB)2670000000570269(EBL)1810534(SSID)ssj0001352137(PQKBManifestationID)12465242(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001352137(PQKBWorkID)11309369(PQKB)11234938(MiAaPQ)EBC1810534(Au-PeEL)EBL1810534(CaPaEBR)ebr10951574(CaONFJC)MIL649344(OCoLC)892430233(EXLCZ)99267000000057026920141016h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrSeasons of the tallgrass prairie a Nebraska year /Paul A. JohnsgardLincoln, Nebraska ;London :University of Nebraska Press,2014.©20141 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-18080-6 0-8166-6591-5 Includes bibliographical references.""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Part One. Wild Places and Natural Treasures""; ""1. A Place Called Pahaku""; ""2. The Life and Hard Times of the Platte River""; ""3. Nebraska's Magical Spring Migration""; ""4. The Birds of Nebraska's Boondocks""; ""5. What Is a Tall grass Prairie?""; ""6. Close Encounters with Nature at Spring Creek Audubon Prairie""; ""Part Two. Seasonal Enchantments""; ""Spring""; ""7. The Snow Geese of the Central Flyway""""8. A Congruence of Cranes with Karine Gil-Weir""""9. The Whooping Cranes Are Still Surviving Tough Odds with Karine Gil-Weir""; ""10. The Strange Courtship of Prairie Grouse""; ""11. The Secretive Shorebirds and Their Amazing Migrations""; ""Summer""; ""12. Birds of the Tall grass Prairie""; ""13. Nebraska's City-Dwelling Peregrines""; ""14. The Ancient Romance of the Yucca and the Yucca Moth""; ""Fall""; ""15. A Dazzle of Hummingbirds""; ""16. A Symphony of Swans""; ""17. A Plethora of Pelicans""; ""Winter""; ""18. A Gathering of Eagles""; ""19. A Parliament of Owls""""20. The Feathers of Winter""""Part Three. The View from a High Hill""; ""21. A Summing Up""; ""Appendix""; ""Bibliographic Sources""; ""About Paul A. Johnsgard""A respected author and scholar, Paul A. Johnsgard has spent a lifetime observing the natural delights of Nebraska's woodlands, grasslands, and wetlands. Seasons of the Tall grass Prairie collects his musings on Nebraska's natural history and the issues of conservation facing our future. Johnsgard crafts essays featuring snow geese, owls, hummingbirds, and other creatures against the backdrop of Great Plains landscapes. He describes prairie chickens courting during predawn hours and the calls of sandhill cranes; he evokes the magic of lying upon the prairie, hearing only the sounds of insectsPrairie ecologyNebraskaNatural historyNebraskaNebraskaEnvironmental conditionsPrairie ecologyNatural history577.4/409782NAT024000NAT045020bisacshJohnsgard Paul A.872433Philippon Daniel J1651706MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821954703321Seasons of the tallgrass prairie4001813UNINA