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Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes primarily those species of birds which are tropical migrants visiting the North only during the nesting season. Includes suggestions for attracting birds to one's yard.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Birds don't just fly... they move in many other and often surprising ways. Meet ducks that dabble, mallee fowl that dig, red-crowned cranes that dance, and lbue-footed boobies that dive! Birds have adapted ingenious ways to attract a mate, avoid a predator, find food, or just get around.
Author
Series
Corrie Herring Hooks volume no. 2
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[1976]
Physical Desc
xviii, 503 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A detailed survey ... of the family life and reproductive behavior of birds, from the formation of pairs to the young birds' attainment of independence."
34) The birds
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds.
35) The beak book
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Birds around the world have so many amazing kinds of beaks! There are short beaks and long beaks, straight beaks and curved beaks, flat beaks and even spoon-shaped beaks. But what do all of these beaks do? Discover how beaks of different shapes and sizes are adapted to help birds sip nectar, make nests, battle for mates, and more! -- Amazon.com.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is one scientist's pithy distinction between mammal brains and bird brains: two ways to make a highly intelligent mind. But the bird way is much more than a unique pattern of brain wiring, and lately, scientists have taken a new look at bird behaviors they have, for years, dismissed as anomalies or mysteries. What they are finding is upending the traditional view of how birds conduct their lives, how they communicate, forage, court, breed, survive....
37) Birds everywhere
Author
Publisher
Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"There are birds everywhere! Some of them live along the coast, some of them in the savannah, and some may be in your backyard. Young readers will learn where in the world all sorts of birds can be found and all the weird and wonderful things about them that they never imagined"--
Author
Publisher
Crossley Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
529 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
" ... This book changes field guide design to make you a better birder ... The most comprehensive guide : 640 stunning scenes created from 10,000 of the author's photographs ... Lifelike in-focus scenes show birds in their habitats ..."--P. [4] of cover.
40) The bird book
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
41 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
They can dance, sing, and, of course, fly--what's not to love about birds? With more than 10,000 species of dramatically different colors, shapes, and sizes, birds are some of the most fascinating creatures on the planet. The only animal with feathers, birds have soared through the skies for millions of years. In this beautiful picture book, learn what makes a bird a bird, what birds like to eat, and how these masters of the air have evolved. Ever...
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