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1. POETIC AUGURY: From Dante to Yeats.

Author

ZIOLKOWSKI, THEODORE

Subjects
*DIVINATION, *PETRELS
Abstract

This article explores the varied use of ancient augury—divination from the flight of birds—as a poetic device. In Dante and Yeats, falcons circling in gyres were used to designate patterns of history. German poets from Goethe and C. F. Meyer to Nietzsche and Rilke have seen images of the poet’s life and song in the flight of vultures and seagulls. The Russian Gorky portrayed petrels as omens of revolution while the American Jeffers longed for the condor’s grace in his poems but later regarded the vulture as an image of death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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2. The Faroe Islands’ European Storm Petrel.

Author

Conradt, Sebastian

Subjects
*ANIMAL sexual behavior, *ARCHIPELAGOES, *INTRODUCED animals, *ALBATROSSES, *COLONIES (Biology), *NONFICTION, *PETRELS
Abstract

The book "The Faroe Islands' European Storm Petrel" introduces the world's largest breeding colony of the European storm petrel on the island of Nólsoy in the Faroe Islands archipelago. Authors Jens-Kjeld Jensen and Jógvan Thomsen have compiled the most important scientific research findings on this seabird. The book covers topics such as breeding behavior, changes in the colony, feeding habits, and threats from introduced animals. It also includes information on the migration routes and wintering grounds of the European storm petrel. The book is written in English and contains numerous photos, illustrations, and maps. [Extracted from the article]

Published
2022

7. PETRELS NIGHT AND DAY.

Author

Flood, Robert L.

Subjects
PETRELS, NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Petrels Night and Day," volume 2, by Magnus Robb and Killian Mullarney.

Published
2008

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