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Sky time in Gray's River, living for keeps in a forgotten place, Robert Michael Pyle

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Sky time in Gray's River, living for keeps in a forgotten place, Robert Michael Pyle
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Sky time in Gray's River
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
63705788
Responsibility statement
Robert Michael Pyle
Sub title
living for keeps in a forgotten place
Summary
An ecologist reflects on the natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest as he describes the lives of plants, animals, and humans through every season of the year during his thirty years in the village of Gray's River, near the mouth of the Columbia River
Table Of Contents
Beforetimes : going to ground in Gray's River -- The time of mew gulls -- Frogsong -- When the echo azures fly -- The time of trilliums -- Arrivals -- Swallowtails and Swainson's -- Days of mist and thistles -- The time of hay and berries -- Departures -- Chinooks and chanterelles -- Tree time -- The time of rising water -- Aftertimes : throwing the cat on the compost
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