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-- The Shipping News From one of the foremost author/naturalists in the country, Stephen J. Bodio, comes a compulsively readable natural and social history of the most beautiful bird in the world -- the eagle, with a lengthy and admiring introduction by Annie Proulx. The Eagle’s ShadowProulx sums up best the heart of this book: Eagles,Stephen Bodio was born and educated in Boston and has lived in a rural New Mexico village for over thirty years....
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
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xiv. 282 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Christian Cooper is a self-described Blerd (Black nerd), an avid comics fan, and an expert birder who devotes every spring to gazing upon the migratory birds that stop to rest in Central Park, just a subway ride away from where he lives in New York City. When birdwatching in the park one morning in May 2020, Cooper was engaged in the ritual that had been a part of his life since he was ten years old. But when a routine encounter with a dog-walker...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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xvi, 333 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific exploration of owls, the most elusive group of birds, and an investigation into why these remarkable and yet mysterious animals exert such a hold on human imagination For centuries, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented over 30,000 years ago, in the Chauvet cave paintings in southern...
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Part field guide, part history, part ornithology primer, and altogether fun.
Fact: Pigeons are amazing, and until recently, humans adored them. We've kept them as pets, held pigeon beauty contests, raced them, used them to carry messages over battlefields, harvested their poop to fertilize our crops-and cooked them in gourmet dishes. Now, with The Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching, readers can rediscover the wonder. Equal parts illustrated field...
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Gods of the Morning follows the year through the turning of the seasons at Aigas, the Highlands estate John Lister-Kaye has transformed into a world-renowned wildlife center. John's affection, wisdom and lyricism sings off every page, bringing the natural world around him to life: from the rookery filled with twenty-nine nests and distinct bird calls to descriptions of the winter morning light, from the wood mice and the squirrels preparing for winter...
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Toucans are tropical birds. The taco toucan is the most famous toucan. The mascot of a popular breakfast cereal is a taco toucan! Discover more about these beautiful, rainbow-colored birds in All About South American Toucans, one of 30 books in our Animals Around the World series. Each title is beautifully illustrated with large, eye-catching photographs, a map, and glossary.
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Peregrine Spring, Nancy Cowan's memoir of her thirty years living intimately with raptors, gives us a new perspective on the relationship between humans and the natural world. Cowan shares her experiences running a world-famous falconry school, and the lessons she's learned from her birds. From retrieving her falcon from the local police "lock up," to finding her husband in bed with a gyrfalcon, to a heart-breaking race to save her young peregrine...
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In this fully revised edition of his classic guide to falconry for beginners, lifelong falconer Tony Hall presents the most comprehensive information available to newcomers to the sport. Falconry Basics is specifically designed for novices and covers the basics, from different types of birds and their individual characteristics, to acquiring the proper equipment and the care and handling of the birds themselves. ...
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"A ground-breaking study of the songs of the pied butcherbird . . . intellectually engaging and also very entertaining as a fieldwork memoir." —The Music Trust
How and when does music become possible? Is it a matter of biology, or culture, or an interaction between the two? Revolutionizing the way we think about the core values of music and human exceptionalism, Hollis Taylor takes us on an outback road trip to meet the Australian...
How and when does music become possible? Is it a matter of biology, or culture, or an interaction between the two? Revolutionizing the way we think about the core values of music and human exceptionalism, Hollis Taylor takes us on an outback road trip to meet the Australian...
10) Birds
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Readers will learn what birds are, some of the different kinds, and all about their shared characteristics. Title is filled with cool, full-bleed photographs of the animals and simple sentences. This title is written at a Level 1, specifically for beginning readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
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The story of how the associate editor of Birding magazine set himself a lofty goal: to become the first person to see half the world’s birds in one year.
In 2015, for 365 days, with a backpack, binoculars, and a series of one-way tickets, Noah Strycker traveled across forty-one countries and all seven continents, eventually spotting 6,042 species—by far the biggest birding year on record. This is no travelogue or glorified...Author
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Crackle! Crackle! Crunch! What's hatching from that egg? It's a young bar-tailed godwit. She will spend the summer in Alaska learning to fly, find her own food, and escape from scary predators. Her long, long journey begins in October when she flies to New Zealand. This 7,000-mile flight is the longest nonstop bird migration ever recorded. Follow along on her amazing voyage!
14) The Feminist Bird Club's Birding for a Better World: A Guide to Finding Joy and Community in Nature
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"Through the Feminist Bird Club, Molly Adams and Sydney Golden Anderson have walked the walk of inclusive birding; in Birding for a Better World, they talk the talk—this book got me to examine overlooked injustices, in and out of birding."
—Christian Cooper, author of Better Living Through Birding and host/consulting producer of National Geographic's Extraordinary Birder TV show
"It's a beautiful package...
—Christian Cooper, author of Better Living Through Birding and host/consulting producer of National Geographic's Extraordinary Birder TV show
"It's a beautiful package...
15) Birds
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Tweet, tweet! Birds can be rewarding pets! This lowl-level title introduces beginning readers to the joys and basic care of owning a pet bird through easy-to-read text and colorful photos. Features include a diagram of a pet bird's home and favorite toys. Young students practicing independent reading can find out if a pet bird is right for them!
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Hungarian partridge were first introduced to Saskatchewan 100 years ago. The birds flourished and soon expanded their range to include the American West and Midwest. Only in the last several decades have hunters turned serious attention to these tremendous game birds, but due to their fickle and often mysterious nature, the challenge has proven difficult at best for the majority of us. Ben O. Williams, however, has been writing about and hunting Huns...
17) Parrots
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Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidæ, or Parrots, The greater part of them species hitherto unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic plates, drawn from life, and on stone.
18) Red Jungle Fowl
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Red jungle fowl is very precious bird, being the ancestor of all the modern day chicken and having its existence today. Chicken plays a very crucial role in providing nutritional security. The present day high, yielding chicken varieties are the backbone of the multi million rupees poultry industry. In the process of genetic improvement of the domestic chicken for high production potential, apprehensions are that, while enormous gains have been made...
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From renowned National Wildlife Federation naturalist and TV host David Mizejewski comes a new book to show you how to create a magical ecosystem right in your backyard! Invite beautiful songbirds, colorful butterflies, buzzing bees and other fascinating wildlife by nurturing a wildlife habitat garden. With more than 200 high-quality photographs, lists of the best native plants to support wildlife and 17 gardening projects the whole family can enjoy,...
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This is the story of a sixty-year-old man who travels the country seeing and listing bird species, what is known in the birding world as a Big Year. Leaning heavily on his family for emotional support, he deals with the loss of his parents and the retirement from his career by fulfilling one of his lifetime goals. Throughout the year, he visits the locations other birders have made famous in birding circles and finds many birds and other creatures...
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