| Main Title |
Hunting for frogs on Elston, and other tales from Field and street / |
| Author |
Sullivan, Jerry,
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
University of Chicago Press, |
| Year Published |
2004 |
| OCLC Number |
53145366 |
| ISBN |
0226779939; 9780226779935 |
| Subjects |
Natural history. ;
Urban ecology (Sociology)
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELDM |
QH81.S8784 2004 |
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CCTE/GLTED Library/Duluth,MN |
10/06/2006 |
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| Collation |
xv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
The columns reproduced in this volume appeared originally as a series in the Chicago reader, under the title "Field & street"--Page. "Published in association with Chicago Wilderness." |
| Contents Notes |
Introduction / by Glenda Daniel. -- 1. State of the prairie. Prairie cathedral 9/27/85 ; Fragmented grasslands 5/22/87 ; Managing nature 10/9/87 ; Too many deer 1/3/92 ; Middle Fork savanna 7/9/93 ; Biodiversity 2/22/91 ; Transanimaling 6/26/92 ; Prairie September 9/25/98. -- 2. The seasons. Spring comes to Chicago 2/24/95 ; Early Spring 3/13/98 ; Early risers 3/9/84 ; The ephemerals' moment 4/12/85 ; Cherries 7/11/97 ; Bees 7/3/98 ; Fall flora 10/17/97 ; Turkeys 11/16/84 ; Winter reading 12/20/85 ; Squirrels' nests 1/27/95 ; Ice fishing 1/20/84 ; Feeding urban birds 12/12/86. -- 3. Creatures great and small. Hunting for frogs on Elston Avenue 5/16/86 ; Caterpillars 8/30/85 ; Woodchucks 3/8/91 ; Counting butterflies 7/15/88 ; Sludge worms 2/14/92 ; Rattlesnake hunting 8/14/92 ; Ant transplant 3/27/87 ; Searching for bats 8/10/84 ; Fireflies 7/19/85 ; Migrating Monarchs 9/7/84 ; Badgers 11/23/90 ; Chorus frogs 3/27/98 ; Coyotes in the city 9/11/87 ; Yellow jackets 9/11/87 ; Reading animal tracks 1/25/91. 4. Birds and more birds. The bird hunter 5/10/85 ; Woodpeckers 1/16/87 ; Looking for a gyrfalcon 2/8/91 ; Sparrows 4/6/84 ; Red-tailed hawks 3/13/87 ; Birding in North Channel 7/17/92 ; Kestrels 1/18/85 ; Savanna birds 2/19/93 Feathers 4/10/87 ; Winter flocks 12/1/89 ; Christmas bird count 1/8/88 ; How to find nests 6/14/91 ; Mourning doves 3/24/95 ; Goldfinches 9/28/90 ; The passenger pigeon 4/4/86. -- 5. Plants. Healthy communities 2/27/98 ; Oak trees 12/16/94 ; Sedges 6/27/97 ; Nightshade 6/13/86 ; Purple loosestrife 9/5/97 ; Jewelweed 10/3/86 ; Hazels 10/11/96 ; Raspberries 7/17/98 ; Wild onions 1/31/92 ; Eastern prairie fringed orchid 10/1/93. -- 6. People and places. Field guides 9/8/89 ; Surveying Illinois 6/21/96 ; Inland marsh 1/5/96 ; Women naturalists 7/25/86 ; Bird-watchers 8/28/87 ; Henry Chandler Cowles 11/6/98 ; Poplar Creek Preserve 9/6/91 ; Lichen scholar 11/3/95 ; Dinosaurs and birds 11/9/90 ; Roger Tory Peterson 8/16/96. "Hunting for Frogs on Elston comprehensively chronicles Chicagoland's unique urban ecology, from its indigenous prairie and oft-delayed seasons to its urban coyotes and passenger pigeons. In witty, informed prose, Sullivan evokes his adventures netting dog-faced butterflies, hunting rattlesnakes, and watching fireflies mate. Inspired by regional flora and fauna, Sullivan ventures throughout the metropolis and its environs in search of sludge worms, gyrfalcons, and wild onions. In reporting his findings to otherwise oblivious urbanites, Sullivan endeavors to make 'alienated, atomized, postmodern people feel at home, connected to something beyound ourselves.'"--Jacket. |
| Place Published |
Chicago : |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c2004. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
2003022010 |
| Merged OCLC records |
56442830; 316502360 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20061004114252 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
03552cam 22003734a 45010 |
