The Dotterels' Last Stand: The Almost True Story of an Auckland Bird Family

Uses a story format to convey factual information about the physical characteristics, behaviour and habitat of the New Zealand dotterel.

Koningsmarke, the Long Finne (Complete)
By James Kirke Paulding
“Go now,” said the Long Finne, “while Ludwig Varlett, Lob Dotterel and I, make a stand here, until you are safe.” “Der teufel,” quoth the Heer, “go thou—I must be the last man that deserts his post;—away.” “Nay,” said the other, ...
Koningsmarke: Or, Old Times in the New World, Volumes I & II.
By James Kirke Paulding
Koningsmarke: Or, Old Times in the New World, Volumes I & II.
The Dotterel
By Desmond Nethersole-Thompson
The Dotterel
How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity
By Douglas J. Futuyma
Beall, C. M. 2014. Adaptation to high altitude: phenotypes and genotypes. Annuual Review of Anthropology 43:251–72. ... Berthold, P. 1995. Microevolution of migratory behaviour illustrated by the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla: 1993 ...
A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In
By Magnus Mills
'He has no literary precedent, and he also appears to have no imitators. He mines a seam that no one else touches on, every sentence in every book having a Magnus Mills ring to it that no other writer could produce' Independent
Tiny Acorns
By et al, Tim Atkinson
... achieve a harmony that can be danced to under, as Neruda says, an amber moon with amber shining in your heart I reach the last stand in my going - but what are destinations to the questioning mind when we are always beginning?