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1) Bird
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
72 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.), Bird expert files (64 p. ; 22 cm.), wall chart, map, profile cards, and model.
Language
English
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.
Publisher
University Press of New England
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xvii, 548 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Vermont's breeding bird atlas of 1985 was a landmark tool to guide conservation and provided baseline maps of Vermont's bird fauna. Now, after a quarter century of change, The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds of Vermont, one of the most comprehensive Vermont wildlife publications ever produced, provides a vital tool for state- and region-wide bird conservation and appreciation. A product of the single largest citizen science project in Vermont's history,...
7) Birds
Author
Series
Publisher
Bullfrog Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells how to take care of a pet bird and tells about a few types of birds that make good pets"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
""There is the mammal way and there is the bird way." 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...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed with neurons that allow them to punch well above their weight. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance...
12) Froodle
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
One day, amidst the usual chirps, tweets, and caws, a little brown bird decides to try singing a new song and sets off an interesting reaction.
13) Stellaluna
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volumes (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a little bat gets separated from her mother, she learns a big lesson about finding friendship in the unlikeliest of places.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 598 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A completely revised edition of Sibley's landmark guide, with more than 600 new paintings and 111 rare species added, new information on habitat and behavior, and more tips on finding species in the field"--Cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Fountas & Pinnell
I
Physical Desc
49 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Yellow Bird has found a button and wants to share it with Red Bird and Blue Bird. This is just an ordinary button. It does not do anything when you press it. But when Red Bird and Blue Bird give it try, they are delighted to find that the button does not do nothing, and that is something!"--
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Physical Desc
xvi, 336 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biologist presents the natural history of feathers, applying the findings of paleontologists, ornithologists, biologists, engineers, and art historians to answer questions about the origin of feathers, their evolution, and their uses throughout the ages.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1980
Physical Desc
384 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; cm.
Language
English
Description
Contains descriptions and illustrations species of birds found in eastern and central North America, and includes range maps, a life list, and indexes of scientific and common names.
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