Chimney Swift Towers - New Habitat For America's Mysterious Birds: A Construction Guide

Klappentext A growing number of people across North America are now constructing nesting towers and conducting Chimney Swift conservation projects in their own communities. With Chimney Swift Towers! concerned bird conservationists have a step-by-step guide to help them create more habitat for these beneficial! insect-eating birds. Chimney Swift experts Paul and Georgean Kyle give directions for building freestanding wooden towers! wooden kiosk towers! masonry towers! and other structures. Included are: - design basics - lists of materials needed - useful diagrams and photographs - and detailed instructions on site preparation! tower construction! installation! and maintenance Zusammenfassung Chimney Swifts! which nest and roost in chimneys! have been historically abundant in North America. But by the late 1980s! the number of swifts migrating from the Amazon River Basin had declined.This is a guide to creating habitats for these insect-eating birds: freestanding wooden towers! wooden kiosk towers! masonry towers! and other structures.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Paul D. Kyle and Georgean Z. Kyle are project directors of the Driftwood Wildlife Association's North American Chimney Swift Nest Site Research Project, an all-volunteer effort to expand public awareness about the beneficial nature and the plight of Chimney Swifts. Participation across North America in this project has produced a growing number of people who are now constructing nesting towers and conducting Chimney Swift conservation projects in their own communities. The Kyles' construction guide, ChimneySwiftTowers, is also available from Texas A&M University Press.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Georgean Z. Kyle, Paul D Kyle, Paul D. Kyle, Paul D./ Kyle Kyle
• Verlag: Texas A&M University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.04.2005
• EAN: 9781585443727
• ISBN: 978-1-58544-372-7
• Seiten: 93
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 210 mm x 6 mm
• Serien: Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural; Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series; Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Ökologie; Ratgeber > Natur; Umweltschutz, Nature, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Birdwatching Guides