Life in the Shifting Dunes A popular field guide to the natural history of Castle Neck, Ipswich, Massachusetts

About this eBook

Author

White, Laurence B., 1935-2008

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QH: Science: Natural history

Subject

Sand dunes

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54566

Release Date

April 18, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LIFE IN THE SHIFTING DUNES
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.Chapter 1 THE SHIFTING DUNES — THE FUTURE OF CASTLE NECK — GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES YOU CAN MAKE — Ventifacts — Erratics — Fulgurites — Glacial Till — Garnets — History in the Sand — Beach Porcupines — MORE ABOUT THE DUNES
6. 6.Chapter 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO DUNE ECOLOGY — SOME ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS — A Nest Deep Down in the Sand — No Nest at All — Eating What Comes to Hand — The Art of Being Inconspicuous — PLANT ADAPTATIONS — Anchor for the Dunes — A Tough Sand Dweller — An Adaptable Mushroom — NOW IT’S UP TO YOU
7. 7.Chapter 3 PLANTS ON THE DUNES — MUSHROOMS ON THE DUNES — GRASS ON THE DUNES — FLOWERS OF THE SEASHORE — White Flowers — Red or Purple Flowers — Yellow Flowers — Green or Brown Flowers — SHRUBS AND TREES ON THE DUNES — Shrubs of the Dunes — Trees of the Dunes — AIDS FOR YOUR INVESTIGATION — SOME OTHER FLOWERS OF CASTLE NECK
8. 8.Chapter 4 LIFE AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA — “WEEDS” OF THE SEA — The Brown Algae — The Green Algae — The Red Algae — ANIMALS OF THE SEA — The Sponges — The Jelly-like Animals — The Worms — The Crustaceans — The Mollusks — The Spiny-skinned Animals ( Echinoderms ) — The Fishes — FOR MORE INFORMED BEACHCOMBING
9. 9.Chapter 5 INSECTS AND THEIR KIN — INSECT RELATIVES: MULTILEGGED CREATURES — Eight-legged Animals — Creatures with More Than Eight Legs — INSECTS: SIX-LEGGED ANIMALS — The Mayflies — The Dragonflies and Damselflies — The Fan-winged Insects: Grasshoppers, Crickets, etc. — The Earwigs — The True Bugs — The Aphids and Scale Insects — The Golden-eyed Insects — Nature’s Insect Tanks: Beetles — The Scaled-wing Insects: Butterflies and Moths — The Two-winged Insects: Flies and Mosquitoes — The Ants, Wasps, and Bees — INSECT COLLECTING—AN INEXPENSIVE HOBBY
10. 10.Chapter 6 MEETING THE MAMMALS — INSECT-EATING MAMMALS: SHREWS — WINGED MAMMALS: BATS — LONG-EARED JUMPERS: RABBITS — BUCK-TOOTHED MAMMALS: RODENTS — DOGLIKE MAMMALS: FOXES — RING-TAILED MAMMAL: RACCOON — SCENT-PRODUCING MAMMALS: SKUNKS, MINK, WEASELS — HOOF-FOOTED MAMMALS: DEER — MAMMAL STUDY—A LIFETIME PROJECT
11. 11.Chapter 7 WINGS OVER THE SAND — BIRDS OF THE SEA — BIRDS OF THE BEACH — Five Common Migrants — BIRDS OF THE SWAMPY AREAS — BIRDS OF THE FIELDS AND WOODED AREAS — SOME WINTER SPECIALTIES — FOR A WIDER ACQUAINTANCE AMONG THE BIRDS — COMMON BIRDS OF CASTLE NECK — NOW IT’S UP TO YOU!
12. 12.PERSONAL CHECKLIST — Chapter I. “The Shifting Dunes” — Chapter III. “Plants on the Dunes” — Chapter IV. “Life at the Edge of the Sea” — Chapter V. “Insects and their Kin” — Chapter VI. “Meeting the Mammals” — Chapter VII. “Wings over the Sand”
13. 13.FIELD NOTES
14. 14.Transcriber’s Notes

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