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1) Birds
Series
World of animals volume 11-20
Publisher
Grolier
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
2) Stellaluna
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
3) Birds
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Avian vagrancy--the appearance of birds outside of their expected habitat--is a phenomenon that has fascinated natural historians for centuries, from Victorian collectors willing to spend fortunes on a rare specimen to today's bird-chasing "twitchers." Yet despite the obsessions of countless ornithologists, what do we actually know about the enigma of vagrancy? In Vagrancy in Birds, Alexander Lees and James Gilroy explore the causes, patterns, and...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Designed to enhance the birding experience and to enrich the popular study of North American birds, the book combines more than 795 of full-color illustrations with authoritative text by 48 expert birders and biologist, This new guide shows how birds live and what they do. Introductory essays outlive the principles if avian evolution, life cycle, body structure, flight dynamics, and more. This is an indispensable source of information on the avian...
7) Birds
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fascinated by the colors, shapes, sounds, and movements of the many different birds she sees through her window, a little girl is happy to discover that she and they have something in common.
"Perfect for the small dreamers and naturalists in your life, this critically acclaimed picture book is from the award-winning husband-and-wife team of Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek. With a fine eye for detail, a girl observes and describes birds—their sizes,...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Examines the ecologically and spiritually invaluable contributions to humans made by our feathered friends, from the hummingbird that influenced the Wright brother’s airplane design to the song of the chickadee, considered to be the most sophisticated language in the animal world.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When an island of happy, flightless birds is visisted by mysterious green pigs, three of the birds try to find out why the pigs are there.
On an island populated (almost) entirely by happy, flightless birds, Red, a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck, and the volatile Bomb have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to.
11) Birds
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A visual guide for the very youngest birders. Discover all about birds! The first pages describe birds' amazing variety and adaptations, with sequences that show exactly how they fly. Life cycle spreads include a fantastic display of bird eggs. Find out about backyard birds and their dramatic lives, and also about birds in the most extreme habitats on Earth. And learn how to do simple, fun projects, like creating a bird-watching journal or a bird...
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Nevada documents the results of a statewide survey of breeding birds undertaken between 1997 and 2000. The book presents 275 species of birds that breed in the state, with a description of each bird; an analysis of its breeding distribution in Nevada; a discussion of its conservation status; a line drawing of the bird; a map illustrating its distribution throughout the state; and summary statistics on its breeding...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A baby bird is hatched while his mother is away. Fallen from his nest, he sets out to look for her and asks everyone he meets -- including a dog, a cow, and a plane -- "Are you my mother?"
Never having seen his mother, a baby bird makes humorous mistakes trying to find her.
Author
Series
Publisher
Armadillo
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A photographed treasury of did-you-know facts provides natural history enthusiasts with detailed information about all aspects of life for a wide variety of rainforest birds.
The rainforests and tropics are all full of beautiful birds - and this fantastic information packed book reveals all aspects of their lives. With focus features, did you know facts and more than 180 photographs and illustrations, this book will appeal to all young natural history...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Can birds smell?" "Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?" "Do robins 'hear' worms?" In "What It's Like to Be a Bird," David Sibley answers the most frequently asked questions about the birds we see most often. This special, large-format volume is geared as much to nonbirders as it is to the out-and-out obsessed, covering more than two hundred species and including more than 330 new illustrations by the author. While its focus...
17) Birds
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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Description
A guide to identifying birds from around the world notes each species' physical characteristics, geographic location, marks of distinction, brooding behavior, and threatened species rating.
18) Birds
Author
Publisher
H.N. Abrams
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Lorenz Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Presents a reference guide to the care of pet birds as well as information on buying, breeding, and exhibiting them, and profiles over 250 of the most popular bird varieties.
"This newly updated book is a reference manual for every bird-keeper. It covers all aspects of bird care: housing choices; constructing an aviary; buying birds and settling them in; feeding and handling; keeping birds healthy; and exhibiting and breeding. A close look at over...
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