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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A historically large irruption of snowy owls during the winter of 2013-2014 brought them across the eastern US, and farther south than usual. Scientists used this opportunity to attach GPS tracking devices to some snowy owls to increase understanding of their winter behavior and migration.--
Author
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Circular volume 16
Publisher
Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior
Pub. Date
1979
Physical Desc
iv, 119 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
5) Migration
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The award-winning creator of From Seed to Plant comprehensively explains why animals migrate, combining clear text, maps, infographics and the author s high-detail signature artwork to profile more than 30 species that participate in migratory behavior.
6) Migration
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows the migratory journeys of six magnificent creatures--locusts, gray whales, American silver eels, monarch butterflies, caribou, and terns--offering a look at the outstanding tests of endurance and strength that the animals have undergone for centuries.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Monarch butterflies swooped through and people wondered, "Where do they go?" In 1976 the world learned: after migrating, the monarchs roost by the millions in an oyamel grove in Mexico. This was a mystery that could only be solved when people worked as a team"--
10) Belle's journey
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
v, 106 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tracks the migration of an osprey named Belle who is born in Martha's Vineyard, learns to fly, and goes on an eight thousand mile journey to Brazil.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
46 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"From a celebrated documentary artist, twelve portraits from the front lines of migration form an intimate record of why people leave behind the places they call home"--
14) Chasing the sun
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"An Arctic tern can fly as many as 50,000 miles in its annual migration, and as this bird chases summer across the hemispheres, it sees more sunlight than any other living thing. In this luminous celebration of such astonishing aerial feats, author and visual artist Timothy Musso charts the migratory path of an Arctic tern family with intricately designed woodcut illustrations that propel the reader along as a partner on a most incredible journey....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In late March 2015, ornithologist Bruce M. Beehler set off on a solo three-month trek to track songbird migration and the northward progress of spring through America. Traveling via car, canoe, bike, and on foot, Beehler followed woodland warblers and other neotropical songbird species from the southern border of Texas, where the birds first arrive after their winter sojourns in South America and the Caribbean, northward through the Mississippi drainage...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
xi, 212 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces displaced people from around the world to give faces to the statistics and news stories readers see and hear.
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Join animals on as they embark on large scale migrations and travel through the natural world in this book that follows their incredible journeys; many are in search of food, some are looking for a mate, lots are heading to a warmer climate, and others are just seeking a new home"--
Author
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this beautifully written masterwork, the Pulitzer Prize–winnner and bestselling author of Caste chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.
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