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By Arnim, Aife2018., Gareth Stevens Call No: 598.764 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Backyard bird watchers.Summary Note: Hummingbirds may be the most jaw-dropping birds. Their wings flap 80 times per second--80 times!--and they can also hover! Astonishing facts like these abound in this guide to the diminutive bird, in the appealing guise of a young bird watcher's journal. The narrator takes readers under his wing, showing them how they, too, can be bird watchers while addressing important science concepts accompanied by beautiful photographs of hummingbirds in flight.
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By Elora, Grace2018., Gareth Stevens Call No: 598.72 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Woodpeckers are usually easier to hear than they are to spot. Their pointed beak hammers into tree bark at a speed of 25 miles (40 km) per hour! They're looking for some tasty bugs to eat in the inner layers of a tree. There's so much more to a woodpecker's interesting life, and readers will find all they need to know in this instructive and entertaining book, a bird-watcher's journal of woodpecker info. Cool facts and amazing photographs are the stars of this must-read.
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-- Life of Roger Tory Petersonc2011., Pre-adolescent, Calkins Creek Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "To some, he was "Professor Nuts Peterson," but to the world he was Roger Tory Peterson. For the birds: the life of Roger Tory Peterson tracks this American artist, activist, and passionate bird lover from his days as a child, to art student, to creator of the Peterson Field Guides, to global environmentalist. Peterson's guides were revolutionary--simply written and drawn for everyone to enjoy the birds, animals, and plants of the outdoors. Millions of copies have sold to date. Author Peggy Thomas and artist Laura Jacques worked closely with the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown, New York, to create the first children's book about this great naturalist."--book jacket.
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2008., Harcourt Call No: 598.09 Wei Edition: 1st Harvest ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view More... Summary Note: Offers a brief history on American birding focusing on birders themselves who utilize "high-tech gadgets in order to examine an expanding list of birds in nature.
