A Bird Watcher's Guide to Orioles

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Orioles
Author: Grace Elora
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1538203308

"Orioles are beloved backyard birds; they're always looking for something sweet to eat. In this attractive volume, future birders will learn about the many kinds of orioles and even take a trip to a Baltimore Orioles baseball game. Like bird-watching itself, this book mixes fun, an entertaining story-like narrative, with essential science concepts, such as habitats and life cycles. Sidebars include funny comments, interesting statistics, and amazing facts about these feathered creatures. Readers will be inspired to keep their own bird-watching journal."

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Orioles

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Orioles
Author: Grace Elora
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2017-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1538203294

Orioles are beloved backyard birds; they’re always looking for something sweet to eat. In this attractive volume, future birders will learn about the many kinds of orioles and even take a trip to a Baltimore Orioles baseball game. Like bird-watching itself, this book mixes fun—an entertaining story-like narrative—with essential science concepts, such as habitats and life cycles. Sidebars include funny comments, interesting statistics, and amazing facts about these feathered creatures. Readers will be inspired to keep their own bird-watching journal.

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Wrens

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Wrens
Author: Grace Elora
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2017-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1538203510

The fat bundle of feathers called the house wren is a cute bird. It often cheerfully trills its sweet songs. However, this little fowl’s mood can turn really foul when another bird has a nesting site it wants! It may peck at larger birds to get them to move—and even push eggs out of a nest. Readers of this absorbing book will find that, with all kinds of wrens, looks can be deceiving. They’ll love the diverting narrative and fun fact boxes and especially the up-close look at wrens in their native habitats.

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Hummingbirds

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Hummingbirds
Author: Aife Arnim
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1538203189

"Hummingbirds may be the most jaw-dropping birds. Their wings flap 80 times per second 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."

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Woodpeckers

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Woodpeckers
Author: Grace Elora
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1538203480

"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."

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Mockingbirds

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Mockingbirds
Author: Aife Arnim
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1538203227

"If there's one bird that might win the ""best actor"" award in the feathered world, it's the mockingbird. This winged wonder can learn more than 180 songs in just a few months, imitating the calls of other birds but also dog-barking and even car alarms. This is truly one bird to watch and one that readers will love learning about in the pages of this fascinating volume. The journal-like format unites a cheerful narrative about the bird-watching hobby with life-science facts about the mockingbird."

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Mourning Doves

A Bird Watcher's Guide to Mourning Doves
Author: Aife Arnim
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 153820326X

"If you hear a mourning dove's gentle cooing, don't look up, look down. These graceful creatures like to forage for seeds on the ground. They've been known to gobble up as many as 17,000 seeds in a sitting. Young bird watchers will be fascinated by the hidden life of these birds including migration habits, habitats, mating rituals, and some awesome adaptations for survival. Their guide to all-things-birds is a young bird watcher, encouraging readers to get outside and try this hobby themselves."

The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
Author: Bill Thompson, III
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780547119342

This guide to 200 of the most common and interesting birds in eastern North America is written especially for kids ages eight to 12. This fun and lively book provides just the right amount of information for kids who have an interest in birds and want to learn more. Full-color photographs and b&w drawings throughout.

The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior

The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior
Author: David Allen Sibley
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2009
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781400043866

Provides basic information about the biology, life cycles, and behavior of birds, along with brief profiles of each of the eighty bird families in North America.

Pete Dunne on Bird Watching

Pete Dunne on Bird Watching
Author: Pete Dunne
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2015-08-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0811762947

Birding is one of the most popular and fastest-growing outdoor activities, but it can seem intimidating for beginners who don't know where, when, or how to search for birds. Fortunately, Pete Dunne, one of the most popular and respected writers in the field, has written a guide that will help even the most casual observers identify the skills and tools they need to develop their interest in birding.