Near the Forest, by the Lake (eBook)

Discovering Nature Close to Home

Angela E. Douglas (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
208 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
9781501780578 (ISBN)

Infos

Near the Forest, By the Lake is a personal exploration of the wonders of the natural world close to home. In this collection of essays, Angela E. Douglas reflects on the lives and habits of the plants, birds, insects, and other creatures inhabiting the landscapes that neighbor her in upstate New York. Some essays focus on individual species, from the salamanders migrating in early spring and the butterflies of summer, to the yellow goldenrods of the fall and the rafts of ducks on the lake in winter. Others provide insight into some of nature's mysteries, including why certain birds sing in fall and how turtles survive the winter in ice-sealed ponds. The inevitable fingerprint of human activities is interwoven into these explorations of the diversity of the living world. In Near the Forest, By the Lake, Douglas shows us that the natural world is closer than we might think and that our local environment, be it city sidewalk or country meadow, can always offer a glimpse of nature's splendor.

Autor

Angela E. Douglas is Emerita Daljit S. and Elaine Sarkaria Professor of Insect Physiology and Toxicology at Cornell University. She is the author of several books, including Nature on the Doorstep, Fundamentals of Microbiome Science, and Insects and Their Beneficial Microbes.

Inhalt

Introduction
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2025
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Schlagworte: nature essays, Finger Lakes, bird watching, gardens, wildlife, natural history, plant identification, animal diversity
• ISBN-13: 9781501780578 / 9781501780578