In this book, Roland Wauer offers a complete natural history of the American Robin for a popular audience. Combining his own observations as a field naturalist with data gleaned from the scientific literature, he describes the American Robin from every angle - appearance and biology, distribution, behavior, life cycle, and enemies and threats. In addition, he explores the legends and lore surrounding robins ("Whoever kills a robin redbreast will never have good luck were they to live a thousand years") and offers suggestions for attracting robins to your yard with favorite foods, water, landscape plantings, and nesting places. One of the few native North American birds that has benefited from human development, the American Robin has always appeared wherever a farmer broke up the hard prairie sod or a city offered suburban neighborhoods, parks, gardens, and orchards. For everyone who wants to learn more about this most adaptable and friendly bird, The American Robin is the perfect place to start.
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
Here is a concise yet authoritative life history of the best-known bird in America. Wauer, a long-time National Park Service naturalist, is author of A Birder's West Indies (Univ. of Texas, 1996). Drawing freely from his own experience as well as widespread scientific sources, he presents a vivid picture of the robin's lifeAits migrations, food, habits, breeding behavior, distribution, and enemiesAas well as robin folklore and how to attract the birds. His book is brief, well organized, and accessible. It will have a wide readership, as these songbirds live in every state (except Hawaii) and Canadian province, in cities, yards, and wilderness. A pleasure to recommend.AHenry T. Armistead, Free Lib. of Philadelphia
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
An excellent popular natural history of the American Robin....This book is written in a manner that is easy for the average reader to follow, yet it contains enough scientific detail to be useful to professional ornithologists as well.... It will be an important contribution to ornithology and one of the more definitive references on the American Robin. (Steven Hedges, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Bureau of Land Management )
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The American Robin,
By
This review is from: The American Robin (Corrie Herring Hooks Series) (Hardcover)
There are few species of birds better known to the general public than the Robin; with it's red breast and distinctive voice, few can say they have little affection for it. This book, as slim as it is, is a wonderful portrait of this cherished bird. It was a pleasure to read, and very informative to boot. One cannot but gain a better appreciation for the Robin by reading this book.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
More Than A Bit Of Cheer!,
This review is from: The American Robin (Corrie Herring Hooks Series) (Hardcover)
Author Wauer has given us more than a delightful book of cheer. Who is there that does not love a robin? I have been a lifetime observor or robins, but learned many new things about my old friend. The pictures chosen for this volume are outstanding and capture this little guy in a charming way. Our thanks for such a warm picture of the American Robin.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: The American Robin (Corrie Herring Hooks Series) (Hardcover)
"The American Robin" by Roland H. Wauer This is almost entirely a "rewrap" of the works of others into what is, in a word, "Robins for Dummies". It very probably could be written after perhaps two, maybe three, hours in any university library. With about 60 pages of text it provides little more than a good, but cursory, snapshot of Robin ecology, a modicum of Robin trivia and the author's positive opinion of Robins in general. All the relevant and useful info in this book could be found in other books that contain discussions of all North American species. One redeeming "plus" is that this book, in doing so much quotation of others, presents an interesting array for the varied studies ornithologists have come up with over the passed 200 years.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
