LEADER 03596nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910972658503321 005 20251117003550.0 010 $a1-283-13219-2 010 $a9786613132192 010 $a0-7748-5643-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000714089 035 $a(OCoLC)226374801 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10210494 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283144 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225098 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283144 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10337243 035 $a(PQKB)10200580 035 $a(CaPaEBR)406938 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602916 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412467 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10221840 035 $a(OCoLC)923445639 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/b0hzkp 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/406938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412467 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3253066 035 $a(BIP)46036852 035 $a(BIP)47201394 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000714089 100 $a19970222d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe private eye $eobserving snow geese /$fMary Burns 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-7748-0575-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [202]-204) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The Flight South -- 2 The Eye of the Beholder -- 3 Fall on the Fraser -- 4 The Scientific View -- 5 Data Surfing and Other Observational Sports -- 6 The Artist's Perspective -- 7 Down the Ditch! Dialogues with Hunters -- 8 Snow Geese for Supper -- 9 The Festival of Snow Geese -- 10 Pair Bonding on the Skagit -- 11 Spring, the Flight North -- 12 Nesting on Wrangel: The Cycle Continues -- 13 Afterthoughts -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. 330 $aIn The Private Eye we learn about snow geese through the eyes of Native people, scientists, artists, hunters, and farmers. Yup'ik Eskimo Charles Hunt harvests snow geese along the Yukon River delta each fall, continuing a subsistence way of life that has existed for millennia. Russian, Canadian, and U.S. scientists track the movements of the geese each spring and fall, banding, sexing, counting, and precisely monitoring the activities of these beautiful birds. Robert Bateman provides an artist's view of nature and relates how his curiosity led him to join a camp set up at a remote nesting site. Mary Burns also talks to hunters, joining a party of them as they wait for their snow geese decoys to lure the real thing into a Westham Island field in the Fraser delta. As well, Burns travels around the Skagit River delta during a population survey and meets a dairy farmer who describes both the wild flocks that converge on his fields each spring and the snow geese he raises in pens. The Private Eye suggests that by acknowledging our many and varied connections with the natural world, we will have a better understanding of the human place in it. 606 $aSnow goose 606 $aAnser 615 0$aSnow goose. 615 0$aAnser. 676 $a598.4/175 700 $aBurns$b Mary$f1944-$01866782 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972658503321 996 $aThe private eye$94474236 997 $aUNINA