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One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live in. As well as exploring how birds achieve the miracle of flight; why birds sing; what they tell us about the seasons of the year and what their presence tells us about the places they inhabit, The Meaning of Birds muses on the uses of feathers, the drama of raptors, the slaughter of pheasants,...
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"An ... exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of bird migration-the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans or fly above the highest mountains, to go weeks without sleep, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch-has exploded. Scientists have made astounding discoveries: certain species, such as thrushes, can avoid dehydration over...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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English
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A visually stunning, comprehensive resource on North America’s birds of prey, from the award-winning birder and author of Gulls Simplified.
Always a popular group of birds, raptors symbolize freedom and fierceness, and in Pete Dunne’s definitive guide, these traits are portrayed in hundreds of stunning color photographs showing raptors up close, in flight, and in action—fighting, hunting, and nesting.
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"Why are male birds often so brightly colored? Why do some birds lay more eggs than others? Will bird species adapt to climate change? In How Birds Evolve, Douglas Futuyma invites readers into the amazing world of bird evolution to answer these and other questions. Futuyma's goal in this book is not to offer a comprehensive evolutionary history of birds, but to explore how the processes of evolution produced the distinctive features and behaviors...
9) On Bird Hill
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English
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A young boy walking his dog through the witness a chick hatching from an egg.
10) Birds: a 4D book
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Did you know that emus can run 31 miles per hour? Meet high-flying vultures, speedy emus, and other beautiful birds at the Smithsonian National Zoo in these first books reviewed by Smithsonian experts. Download the Capston 4D app to access a variety of bonus content."--
11) Sing some more
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English
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From before sunrise until after sunset, a group of birds sings and sings some more, first performing solos from their perches and then harmonizing while in flight.
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Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed with neurons that allow them to punch well above their weight. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance...
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Birds, Jim Robbins posits, are our most vital connection to nature. They compel us to look to the skies, both literally and metaphorically; draw us out into nature to seek their beauty; and let us experience vicariously what it is like to be weightless. Birds have helped us in so many of our human endeavors: learning to fly, providing clothing and food, and helping us better understand the human brain and body. The Wonder of Birds illuminates qualities...
14) Birds & blooms
Publisher
Reiman Publications
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
v. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
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English
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
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64 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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English
Description
Looks at the evidence of dinosaurs with skeletal structures and feathers so similar to birds and why that is convincing many scientists that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
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