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Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Physical Desc
xx, 345 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A synthetic account of the diversity and ecology of wild parrots, distilling knowledge from the author's own research and from her review of more than 2,400 published scientific studies. The text covers parrots' evolutionary history, foraging, mating, and social behavior, innate intelligence, and conservation status. The book is enhanced by an array of illustrations, including photos of parrots taken exclusively in their natural habitat--Provided...
3) Parrots
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of parrots, a family of colorful birds. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why parrots can imitate speech.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to parrots, describing their different types, what they eat, where they live, and how they protect themselves from predators.
5) Parrots
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
6) Terrific
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Terrific," says Eugene, after winning an all-expenses-paid vacation in Bermuda. "I'll probably get a really nasty sunburn." Unfortunately, Eugene's luck is a lot worse than that. First, his cruise ship sinks, then he ends up stranded on a tiny island. But Eugene isn't alone. There's another castaway, a parrot with a busted wing, who tells him what there is to eat and drink and how to build a sailboat. Cranky Eugene pays attention, and his luck begins...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows along on a ten day excursion that witnesses the efforts by the New Zealand National Kakapo Recovery Team to restore the population of these unusual flightless parrots on their isolated island refuge.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 col. ill. 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Although Yetta the chicken manages to escape the butcher's knife, she finds herself lost on the streets of Brooklyn until she befriends the wild parrots there, in a text which has some Yiddish and Spanish phrases.
Author
Publisher
Cantemos
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
Español
Description
"A bilingual tale of Periquito (Little Parakeet) who goes out into the jungle looking for his father. All the animals he encounters recognize him because he looks "just like his Pop". They watch over him as he journeys deeper and deeper into unknown lands."--Publisher's description.
15) Blu and friends
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
29 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Blu, a rare blue Spix's Macaw, travels to Rio de Janeiro to save his species, where he meets Jewel, the only other bird of his kind, but they are soon kidnapped by rare animal smugglers and must escape.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 56 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Would you care to match wits with a dog, an octopus, a dolphin, or a parrot? You may think twice after watching the segments in this NOVA scienceNOW episode. While we may not be ready to send pets to Harvard, the remarkable footage and findings presented here demonstrate that many animal species are much smarter than we assume and in ways we had never imagined.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Featuring colorful, comic-style artwork, an introduction to parrots is presented through humorous text complemented by engaging facts, from how parrots see ultraviolet light to how they can identify colors in human language.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 58
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an odd turn of events brings a parrot to the ranch, Hank ignores the mimicking bird and struggles to keep up with Sally May and Loper's persistent requests to bark louder and dig up the flowers.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Join a brilliant, but stubborn, parrot as he endures the banality of the pet store before being purchased by an equally insufferable young man. But while things between parrot and owner get off to a rocky start, the delights of having a pet (or human) bring them both around in the end-Provided by the publisher.
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