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Vultures and Other Birds

Author : Tracie Santos
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1731640528
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Vultures and Other Birds written by Tracie Santos and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Features: • 32 Pages, 7 inches x 9 inches • Ages 8-13, Grades 3-8 Leveled Readers, Lexile 520L • Simple, easy-to-read pages with vibrant images • Features exciting facts about birds to engage early readers • Includes glossary words, after-reading questions, an extension activity, and a memory game The Magic Of Reading: Introduce your child to the magic of reading and animals with Dangerous...Or Not? Vultures and Other Birds. This 32-page book has vibrant photographs and captivating information on different types of birds. Fun Animal Facts: Are these animals dangerous or do they have a bad reputation? Learn more about different species of birds in this animal book, including their habitats, signs that they may pose a threat, and their role within the animal kingdom. Features: More than just a book about birds and animal safety, this kid’s book includes a glossary of vocabulary words, a memory game for mid-text interaction, an extension activity, plus after-reading questions for comprehension skills. Leveled Books: Vibrant photographs and leveled text work together to engage readers and promote reading comprehension skills. This leveled book engages 3rd—8th graders through new vocabulary and high-interest topics like animals that fly. Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.

Vulture

Author : Katie Fallon
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 151260030X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Vulture written by Katie Fallon and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkey vultures, the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, are found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina, and nearly everywhere in between. In the United States we sometimes call them buzzards; in parts of Mexico the name is aura cabecirroja, in Uruguay jote cabeza colorada, and in Ecuador gallinazo aura. A huge bird, the turkey vulture is a familiar sight from culture to culture, in both hemispheres. But despite being ubiquitous and recognizable, the turkey vulture has never had a book of literary nonfiction devoted to it - until Vulture. Floating on six-foot wings, turkey vultures use their keen senses of smell and sight to locate carrion. Unlike their cousin the black vulture, turkey vultures do not kill weak or dying animals; instead, they cleanse, purify, and renew the environment by clearing it of decaying carcasses, thus slowing the spread of such dangerous pathogens as anthrax, rabies, and botulism. The beauty, grace, and important role of these birds in the ecosystem notwithstanding, turkey vultures are maligned and underappreciated; they have been accused of spreading disease and killing livestock, neither of which has ever been substantiated. Although turkey vultures are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which makes harming them a federal offense, the birds still face persecution. They've been killed because of their looks, their odor, and their presence in proximity to humans. Even the federal government occasionally sanctions "roost dispersals," which involve the harassment and sometimes the murder of communally roosting vultures during the cold winter months. Vulture follows a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. By incorporating information from scientific papers and articles, as well as interviews with world-renowned raptor and vulture experts, author Katie Fallon examines all aspects of the bird's natural history: breeding, incubating eggs, raising chicks, migrating, and roosting. After reading this book you will never look at a vulture in the same way again.

Vultures

Author : Nathan Sommer
Publisher : Bellwether Media
ISBN 13 : 1681036290
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Vultures written by Nathan Sommer and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vultures are scavengers that will eat almost anything they can find! These birds of prey are able to feed on decaying meat and trash due to special acids in their digestive system that keep them from getting sick. This title uses captivating photos and engaging facts to take striving readers into the world of these bald birds.

A Vulture Landscape

Author : Ian Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781849954570
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book A Vulture Landscape written by Ian Parsons and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Vulture Landscape is more than just a book about vultures, in the same way that these majestic flyers are more than just birds. Vultures are a crucial part of many of the world's ecosystems, and without these specialist environmental cleansers the ecosystems wouldn't work properly. A calendar year in the lives of these gargantuan raptors is explored as they live, breed, feed and fly with effortless ease across the skies of the vulture landscape that is Extremadura in central Spain.There are four species of vulture in Europe, and a fifth that is becoming more of a regular visitor as its own global population plummets. The serious conservation issues faced on a day-to-day basis by these species, and their relatives spread across the globe, are explored, issues that in many cases threaten their very survival. However, this book is a celebration of the vulture and the landscape in which it reigns.Using the latest science, his keen eye and his passion for the birds themselves, the author takes the reader on a journey, introducing readers to the vultures, their lives and their landscape. Along the way, much of the other wonderful wildlife of the vulture landscape, from exotic Bee-eaters and bewitching Montagu's Harriers to rutting Red Stags as well as some very excitable cattle, are included. Ian explains how watching vultures is not only addictive, but that it can often lead to vulture gazing, surely the most relaxing form of bird watching there is!

Consider the Birds

Author : Debbie Blue
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426775903
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Consider the Birds written by Debbie Blue and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From biblical times to today, humans have found meaning and significance in the actions and symbolism of birds. We admire their mystery and manners, their strength and fragility, their beauty and their ugliness—and perhaps compare these very characteristics to their own lives in the process. Though admired today, the birds of Scripture are largely unseen and underappreciated. From the well-known image of the dove to the birds that gorge on the flesh of the defeated “beast” in Revelation, birds play a dynamic part in Scripture. They bring bread to the prophets. They are food for the wanderers. As sacrifices, they are the currency of mercy. Highlighting 10 birds throughout Scripture, author Debbie Blue explores their significance in both familiar and unfamiliar biblical stories and illustrates how and why they have represented humanity across culture, Christian tradition, art, and contemporary psyche. With these (usually) minor characters at the forefront of human imaginations, poignant life lessons illuminate such qualities as desire and gratitude, power and vulnerability, insignificance and importance—even as readers gain a better understanding that God’s mysterious grace is sometimes most evident in His simplest of creatures.

Vultures of the World

Author : Keith L. Bildstein
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501765027
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Vultures of the World written by Keith L. Bildstein and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Vultures of the World, Keith L. Bildstein provides an engaging look at vultures and condors, seeking to help us understand these widely recognized but underappreciated birds. Bildstein's latest work is an inspirational and long overdue blend of all things vulture. Based on decades of personal experience, dozens of case studies, and numerous up-to-date examples of cutting-edge science, this book introduces readers to the essential nature of vultures and condors. Not only do these most proficient of all vertebrate scavengers clean up natural and man-made organic waste but they also recycle ecologically essential elements back into both wild and human landscapes, allowing our ecosystems to function successfully across generations of organisms. With distributions ranging over more than three-quarters of all land on five continents, the world's twenty-three species of scavenging birds of prey offer an outstanding example of biological diversity writ large. Included in the world's species fold are its most abundant large raptors—several of its longest lived birds and the most massive of all soaring birds. With a fossil record dating back more than fifty million years, vultures and condors possess numerous adaptions that characteristically serve them well but at times also make them particularly vulnerable to human actions. Vultures of the World is a truly global treatment of vultures, offering a roadmap of how best to protect these birds and their important ecology.

The Unfeathered Bird

Author : Katrina van Grouw
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691151342
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Unfeathered Bird written by Katrina van Grouw and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is more to a bird than simply feathers. And just because birds evolved from a single flying ancestor doesn't mean they are structurally the same. With 385 stunning drawings depicting 200 species, The Unfeathered bird is a richly illustrated book on bird anatomy that offers refreshingly original insights into what goes on beneath the feathered surface.

Vulture View

Author : April Pulley Sayre
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805075571
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book Vulture View written by April Pulley Sayre and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces young readers to the world of the turkey vulture.

Birds of Prey of the West

Author : Brian K. Wheeler
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691117187
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Birds of Prey of the West written by Brian K. Wheeler and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birds of Prey of the West and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the East, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published. Written and lavishly illustrated with stunning, lifelike paintings by leading field-guide illustrator, photographer, and author Brian Wheeler, the guides depict an enormous range of variations of age, sex, color, and plumage, and feature a significant amount of plumage data that has never been published before. The painted figures illustrate plumage and species comparisons in a classic field-guide layout. Each species is shown in the same posture and from the same viewpoint, which further assists comparisons. Facing-page text includes quick-reference identification points and brief natural history accounts that incorporate the latest information. The range maps are exceptionally accurate and much larger than those in other guides. They plot the most up-to-date distribution information for each species and include the location of cities for more accurate reference. Finally, the guides feature color habitat photographs next to the maps. The result sets a new standard for guides to North America's birds of prey. Lavishly illustrated with stunning, lifelike paintings Written and illustrated by a leading authority on North American birds of prey Depicts more plumages than any other guide Concise facing-page text includes quick-reference identification points Classic field-guide layout makes comparing species easy Large, accurate range maps include up-to-date distribution information Unique color habitat photographs next to the maps

Birds of Prey

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 9780544018440
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Birds of Prey written by Pete Dunne and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visually stunning, comprehensive resource on North America's birds of prey Always a popular group of birds, raptors symbolize freedom and fierceness, and in Pete Dunne's definitive guide, these traits are portrayed in hundreds of stunning color photographs showing raptors up close, in flight, and in action--fighting, hunting, and nesting. These gorgeous photographs enhance the comprehensive, authoritative text, which goes far beyond identification to cover raptor ecology, behavior, conservation, and much more. In returning to his forte and his first love, Pete Dunne has crafted a benchmark book on raptors: the first place to turn for any question about these highly popular birds, whether it's what they eat, where they live, or how they behave.

Nature All Around: Birds

Author : Pamela Hickman
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1525306030
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Nature All Around: Birds written by Pamela Hickman and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect resource for budding bird-watchers. Because birds can be found in every neighborhood, and in all seasons, they’re an excellent choice for piquing children’s interest in wildlife. Here’s a comprehensive guide to birds that makes the perfect starting point. Beautiful pages explore many different bird species and their fascinating and unique characteristics, from feathers to eggs and nests. A year in the life of birds explains what to look for, season by season. And the beginning bird-watcher section helps kids get started in the field. Birds of a feather? More like, birds of every feather here! Kids will be grabbing their binoculars to spot them all around!

Cerulean Blues

Author : Katie Fallon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983011118
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Cerulean Blues written by Katie Fallon and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cerulean Blues describes the plight of the cerulean warbler, a tiny migratory songbird, and its struggle to survive in ever-shrinking bands of suitable habitat. This elusive creature, a favorite among bird watchers and the fastest-declining warbler species in the United States, has lost 3 percent of its total population each year since 1966. This precipitous decline means that today there are 80 percent fewer ceruleans than 40 years ago, and their numbers continue to drop due to threats including deforestation, global warming, and an ecologically devastating practice -- mountaintop removal coal mining -- that affects not only the cerulean warbler but all residents of the Appalachian mountains, including humans.

Animals in Flight

Author : Robin Page
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547349149
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Animals in Flight written by Robin Page and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005-05-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wings carry tiny insects, fluttering butterflies, and backyard birds, and they even once propelled some dinosaurs up and through the skies. Find out how, when, and why birds and beasts have taken to the air, and discover how wings work in this informative and brilliantly illustrated book about flight.

African Raptors

Author : William S. Clark
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147292570X
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book African Raptors written by William S. Clark and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive guide to African raptors ever published. Due to its large land mass and impressive variety of habitats, Africa has the most diverse range of raptors of any continent – with almost a third of the world's species occurring in the region. These diurnal birds of prey are well known for their hooked bill and powerful talons, as well as their keen vision that enables them to accurately detect their prey during flight. This authoritative guide, part of the Helm Identification series, features all 106 species found in Africa, with particular emphasis on their field identification. Encompassing falcons, eagles, ospreys, kites, vultures and more, African Raptors discusses the identification of both perched and flying birds, bringing together the very latest research with accurate distribution maps, more than 300 colour photographs and 52 superb plates that illustrate a broad range of ages and racial plumage differences. This book is the ultimate reference on these remarkable birds, and will be indispensable for all birders and ornithologists with an interest in birds of prey.

Lives of North American Birds

Author : Kenn Kaufman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618159888
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book Lives of North American Birds written by Kenn Kaufman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling natural history of birds, lavishly illustrated with 600 colorphotos, is now available for the first time in flexi binding.

Life-Size Birds

Author : Nancy J. Hajeski
Publisher : Thunder Bay Press
ISBN 13 : 9781626864399
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (643 download)

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Download or read book Life-Size Birds written by Nancy J. Hajeski and published by Thunder Bay Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biggest book on North American birds this century! John James Audubon would be proud to know that a life-size bird book is alive in the twenty-first century. You won't need Sotheby's auction house to buy this volume, though! Full-size images of beautiful feathered friends offer a detailed look at each North American species, while scaled photographs of larger birds allow you to see the entire animal. Fun facts pepper the pages, and a summary of general information accompanies each avian. Get an up-close, personal look at the world's masters of flight!

Healer of Angels

Author : Martin Tyner
Publisher : Amethyst Moon
ISBN 13 : 9781935354123
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book Healer of Angels written by Martin Tyner and published by Amethyst Moon. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healer of Angels is a heartwarming collection of true stories of a young boy overcoming life's challenges and disabilities with the guidance of wise grandparents and other mentors. This process leads to a life dedicated to the rescue, healing and release of the wild creatures of the desert southwest. Some of the stories are humorous and some bittersweet, but each will inspire, teaching a lesson as it touches the readers' heart. Join Mr. Tyner as he reflects back on his life: from a young boy terrified of birds to becoming the first man in North America licensed to train a wild golden eagle in the ancient art of falconry; from a shy dyslectic teenager, to the founder and CEO of the Southwest Wildlife Foundation. Martin Tyner is one of America's foremost wildlife rehabilitators, a master falconer, eagle falconer, and wildlife and environmental educator. He travels throughout the west providing wildlife programs accompanied by his devoted companion, Scout, a wild golden eagle.