Birds of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Press (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

1998
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-15860-6 (ISBN)

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This revised edition features 90 colour portraits depicting the rich variety of bird species native to Wisconsin, and 17 additional paintings showing birds in their natural habitats. Gromme provides information on identification and on how abundant each species is within the state.

I grew up in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and I never had much of an education. Most of what I know came from first-hand experience. As a kid my feet were always wet from trompin the marshes. The birds were there, building their nests, laying their eggs and raising their young. My first bird skin was done with a little knife my dad and I had made from an old file. I hung around every one I knew who could tell me about the birds and their habitat. When I realized that the number of eggs was gradually diminishing I wondered what was going on? So my life s course was pretty well determined by the time I was fourteen. . . . Ornithology, taxidermy, conservation it was all there in just about everything I did. That s what I built on during my years at the Museum. That s the foundation for every picture I painted. Owen J. Gromme (1896-1991) as remembered by his daughter, Anne Marie Gromme. "

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.1998
Zusatzinfo	107 colour plates, maps
Verlagsort	Wisconsin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	249 x 368 mm
Gewicht	1502 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-299-15860-8 / 0299158608
ISBN-13	978-0-299-15860-6 / 9780299158606
Zustand	Neuware