Author: William Cullen Bryant
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: waterfowl
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2006-07-09
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1428643958
ISBN-13: 9781428643956

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Author: Milton W. Weller
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Keywords: winter, waterfowl
Number of Pages: 648
Published: 1988-09-21
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0816615713
ISBN-13: 9780816615711

Waterfowl in Winter was first published in 1988. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.The emphasis in research on waterfowl has traditionally focused on breeding as opposed to migrant or wintering birds. Scientists have long been interested in courtship, nest sites, laying, and brood-rearing, and they have also been concerned about losses of eggs, young, nesting hens, and breeding habitats, especially as they have affected the goal of increasi

Author: Gary A. Wobeser
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: waterfowl, wild, diseases
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 1997-03-31
List price: $239.00
ISBN-10: 0306455900
ISBN-13: 9780306455902

This second edition of the only reference devoted to diseases of wild waterfowl has been completely revised to include several new viral agents and toxins. The entire text reflects an increased emphasis on the relationships among habitat, management, and the occurrence of disease. Chapter format is consistent throughout, with the cause ecology, clinical and pathologic features, diagnostic techniques, significance, and remedial management of each disease described. Among the highlights are a chapter on diagnostic techniques (which includes the necropsy procedure) and an extensive refere

Author: Bruce D. J. Batt
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Keywords: waterfowl, breeding, management, ecology
Number of Pages: 635
Published: 1992-11
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0816620016
ISBN-13: 9780816620012

Ecology and Management of Breeding Waterfowl was first published in 1992. In August of 1987, the International Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Breeding Waterfowl was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was organized by the staff of the Delta Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Station in recognition of the fiftieth year of research that would be conducted through that institution in 1988. A major goal was to review the progress that had been made in this field during the previous five decades of research in various subject areas within the broader scope of breeding waterfowl ecolo

Author: Michael Veasey
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Keywords: carving, waterfowl, techniques, airbrushing
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0887403840
ISBN-13: 9780887403842

Airbrushing is gaining popularity among carvers of decoys and waterfowl. Since 1987 Veasey Studios, under the supervision of Michael Veasey, has sealed, undercoated, and accomplished the basic color blending on approximately 40,000 carvings using the airbrush. In this great new book you will see just how easy it really is to use. With step-by-step instructions, you will move from the beginning to finishing a drake and hen teal duck. When you are finished you will find that the airbrush, when used in conjunction with traditional brush techniques, will add to your joy of carving and the quality

Author: William Veasey
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Keywords: techniques, ribbon, blue, painting, waterfowl
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1983-10-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0916838900
ISBN-13: 9780916838904

A comprehensive book from one of Americas most successful carving teachers. Painting instructions for over 40 species of waterfowl, with various painting techniques are explained with the aid of step-by-step illustrations. Fine color photographs of the finished bird carvings and close-up details.

Author: Lamar Underwood
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Keywords: waterfowl, stories, classic, book, hunter, duck
Number of Pages: 632
Published: 2004-09-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1592284221
ISBN-13: 9781592284221

Anything can happen on a duck-hunting trip. A good marsh or bay is just an adventure waiting to unfold. It’s part of what makes duck hunting the sport of dreams, tales, and paintings-what sustains the duck hunter’s efforts to cope with the sport’s considerable logistics of guns, gear, boats, and dogs. The duck hunter is part of a magnificent and ever-changing tapestry of land, water, and skies, alive with the stirrings of elemental nature. This is a book about that tapestry. Included in this volume are some of the finest musings on duck hunting, by some of the sport’s m