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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan's farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey, it was the start of a deep love affair. Nancy allowed her to work with Jazz, a feisty, four-year-old, female Harris's hawk with a wingspan of more than four feet. Not a pet, Jazz was a fierce predator with talons that could pierce skin and bone and yet, she was willing to work with a human to hunt. From the first moment Jazz swept down...
Author
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
406 p.
Description
The Pacific Northwest is a shorebird haven. Its temperate protected estuaries provide sustenance for great flocks of shorebirds through the winter, and the wave-washed rocks and sandy coastal beaches are rest stops for hundreds, thousands, even millions of shorebirds moving up and down the Northwest coast, year after year.
4) Bird
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Description
A photo essay on the world of birds examining such topics as body construction, feathers and flight, the adaptation of beaks and feet, feeding habits, courtship, nests and eggs, and bird watching.
"Eyewitness Bird gives a detailed overview for kids aged 9+ of a fascinating animal species and will encourage them to spot the incredible birds on the wing around you. Using full-color photographs of different species, feathers, beaks, bird anatomy and...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xxxii, 203 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
Description
"Can birds smell?" "Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?" "Do robins 'hear' worms?" In "What It's Like to Be a Bird," David Sibley answers the most frequently asked questions about the birds we see most often. This special, large-format volume is geared as much to nonbirders as it is to the out-and-out obsessed, covering more than two hundred species and including more than 330 new illustrations by the author. While its focus...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
743 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Description
Examines more than eighty avian families, including an overview of plumage, behavior, distribution, taxonomy, and conservation, and describes all 962 species, covering identification, similar species, voice, status, and distribution.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Take a beautifully illustrated journey -- with an adorable kiwi bird as your guide -- through the vast and colorful world of birds, with its tapestry of textures, sounds, and sights."--Publisher's description.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
218 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Pandemonium, the home and bird sanctuary that Raffin shares with some of the world's most remarkable birds, is a conservation organization dedicated to saving and breeding birds at the edge of extinction, with the goal of eventually releasing them into the wild. Raffin discusses her crusade to save precious lives, and offers rare insights into how following a passion can transform not only oneself but also the world.
11) Birds
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Description
"Find out how birds from around the world fly, feed, sense the world, communicate, build nests, protect their eggs, raise chicks, keep their feathers in top condition, defend themselves, and travel in search of food and nesting sites."--Amazon.com.
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join National Geographic photographer Tim Laman and ornithologist Ed Scholes as they journey deep into the most remote jungles on earth in search of all 39 species of some of the most amazing birds in the world--birds of paradise.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
907 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Description
"From the most trusted name in birding--beloved by millions, backyard enthusiast and expert alike--comes a completely new and definitive guide to the birds of North America: the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date work of its kind. Developed by the creators of the bestselling Audubon field guides, this master guide is the result of a collaboration between leading scientists, scholars, taxonomic and field experts, photo editors, and designers....
14) Bird show
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 27 cm
Description
Celebrates the beauty and diversity of some of the world's most remarkable birds, introducing amateur ornithologists to familiar and exotic species and their vibrant colors, patterns and other feathered features.
17) Bird rehearsal
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Description
Told entirely in birdsong, peeks behind the curtain into the glorious musicality of birds. Includes information about birds in the cast.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
462 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm
Description
"In this updated edition of their best-selling field guide, renowned bird experts Tom Aversa, Richard Cannings, and Hal Opperman illuminate the key identification traits, vocalizations, seasonal statuses, habitat preferences, and feeding behaviors of bird species from British Columbia to southern Oregon"--Amazon.com.
20) Sleepy Bird
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
27 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
Bird wants to play, but all his animal friends tell him that it is bedtime, and only when they tuck him in and sing a lullaby does he finally fall asleep--briefly.
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