Author: Elisa Puricelli Guerra
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434265102
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
When a couple comes to Minerva's mansion, claiming to be her parents, she must prove they are lying.
The Order of the Owls
Author: Elisa Puricelli Guerra
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434265102
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
When a couple comes to Minerva's mansion, claiming to be her parents, she must prove they are lying.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434265102
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
When a couple comes to Minerva's mansion, claiming to be her parents, she must prove they are lying.
The Book of Owls
Author: Lewis Wayne Walker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780292707887
Category : Owls
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A definitive collection of first-hand experiences involving owls.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780292707887
Category : Owls
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A definitive collection of first-hand experiences involving owls.
The Complete Book of North American Owls
Author: James R. Duncan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781607107262
Category : Owls
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents an introduction to North American owls, listing forty-six species and describing their physical features, hunting behavior, life cycles, territorial calls, habitats, and the human and environmental threats to their existence.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781607107262
Category : Owls
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents an introduction to North American owls, listing forty-six species and describing their physical features, hunting behavior, life cycles, territorial calls, habitats, and the human and environmental threats to their existence.
Owls in the Family
Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551991993
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Every child needs to have a pet. No one could argue with that. But what happens when your pet is an owl, and your owl is terrorizing the neighbourhood? In Farley Mowat’s exciting children’s story, a young boy’s pet menagerie – which includes crows, magpies, gophers and a dog – grows out of control with the addition of two cantankerous pet owls. The story of how Wol and Weeps turn the whole town upside down is warm, funny, and bursting with adventure and suspense.
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 1551991993
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Every child needs to have a pet. No one could argue with that. But what happens when your pet is an owl, and your owl is terrorizing the neighbourhood? In Farley Mowat’s exciting children’s story, a young boy’s pet menagerie – which includes crows, magpies, gophers and a dog – grows out of control with the addition of two cantankerous pet owls. The story of how Wol and Weeps turn the whole town upside down is warm, funny, and bursting with adventure and suspense.
Owls
Author: Floyd Scholz
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811710213
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
• The most complete collection of visual reference material on North American owls including over 700 stunning photographs of 16 species of owls • Physical features offer insight into hunting, feeding, flying, and communication Renowned carver Floyd Scholz presents the much anticipated follow-up to his best-selling Birds of Prey. In this new book, hundreds of stunning full-color photographs and useful line drawings offer detailed studies of 16 species of owls—from the tiny Elf Owl to the impressive Great Horned Owl. All are illustrated in full detail, with focus on body and wing design, plumage patterns, flight characteristics, and predatory behavior. Also includes a section on carving and painting techniques and a gallery of Floyd Scholz's finished carvings. A must-have reference for carvers, artists, ornithologists, naturalists—anyone interested in these magnificent birds.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811710213
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
• The most complete collection of visual reference material on North American owls including over 700 stunning photographs of 16 species of owls • Physical features offer insight into hunting, feeding, flying, and communication Renowned carver Floyd Scholz presents the much anticipated follow-up to his best-selling Birds of Prey. In this new book, hundreds of stunning full-color photographs and useful line drawings offer detailed studies of 16 species of owls—from the tiny Elf Owl to the impressive Great Horned Owl. All are illustrated in full detail, with focus on body and wing design, plumage patterns, flight characteristics, and predatory behavior. Also includes a section on carving and painting techniques and a gallery of Floyd Scholz's finished carvings. A must-have reference for carvers, artists, ornithologists, naturalists—anyone interested in these magnificent birds.
A Companion for Owls
Author: Maurice Manning
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780151010493
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This collection of highly original narrative poems is written in the voice of frontiersman Daniel Boone and captures all the beauty and struggle of nascent America. We follow the progression of Daniel Boone's life, a life led in war and in the wilderness, and see the birth of a new nation. We track the bountiful animals and the great, undisturbed rivers. We stand beside Boone as he buries his brother, then his wife, and finds comfort in his friendship with a slave named Derry. Praised for his originality, Maurice Manning is an exciting new voice in American poetry. The darkest place I've ever been did not require a name. It seemed to be a gathering place for the lint of the world. The bottom of a hollow beneath two ridges, sunk like a stone. The water was surely old, the dregs of some ancient sea, but purified by time, like a man made better by his years, his old hurts absorbed into his soul, his losses like a spring in his breast. -from "Born Again"
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780151010493
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This collection of highly original narrative poems is written in the voice of frontiersman Daniel Boone and captures all the beauty and struggle of nascent America. We follow the progression of Daniel Boone's life, a life led in war and in the wilderness, and see the birth of a new nation. We track the bountiful animals and the great, undisturbed rivers. We stand beside Boone as he buries his brother, then his wife, and finds comfort in his friendship with a slave named Derry. Praised for his originality, Maurice Manning is an exciting new voice in American poetry. The darkest place I've ever been did not require a name. It seemed to be a gathering place for the lint of the world. The bottom of a hollow beneath two ridges, sunk like a stone. The water was surely old, the dregs of some ancient sea, but purified by time, like a man made better by his years, his old hurts absorbed into his soul, his losses like a spring in his breast. -from "Born Again"
Owls of the Eastern Ice
Author: Jonathan C. Slaght
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374718091
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 Longlisted for the National Book Award Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and the Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction A Finalist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award Winner of the Peace Corps Worldwide Special Book Award A Best Book of the Year: NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Globe and Mail, The BirdBooker Report, Geographical, Open Letter Review Best Nature Book of the Year: The Times (London) "A terrifically exciting account of [Slaght's] time in the Russian Far East studying Blakiston’s fish owls, huge, shaggy-feathered, yellow-eyed, and elusive birds that hunt fish by wading in icy water . . . Even on the hottest summer days this book will transport you.” —Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk, in Kirkus I saw my first Blakiston’s fish owl in the Russian province of Primorye, a coastal talon of land hooking south into the belly of Northeast Asia . . . No scientist had seen a Blakiston’s fish owl so far south in a hundred years . . . When he was just a fledgling birdwatcher, Jonathan C. Slaght had a chance encounter with one of the most mysterious birds on Earth. Bigger than any owl he knew, it looked like a small bear with decorative feathers. He snapped a quick photo and shared it with experts. Soon he was on a five-year journey, searching for this enormous, enigmatic creature in the lush, remote forests of eastern Russia. That first sighting set his calling as a scientist. Despite a wingspan of six feet and a height of over two feet, the Blakiston’s fish owl is highly elusive. They are easiest to find in winter, when their tracks mark the snowy banks of the rivers where they feed. They are also endangered. And so, as Slaght and his devoted team set out to locate the owls, they aim to craft a conservation plan that helps ensure the species’ survival. This quest sends them on all-night monitoring missions in freezing tents, mad dashes across thawing rivers, and free-climbs up rotting trees to check nests for precious eggs. They use cutting-edge tracking technology and improvise ingenious traps. And all along, they must keep watch against a run-in with a bear or an Amur tiger. At the heart of Slaght’s story are the fish owls themselves: cunning hunters, devoted parents, singers of eerie duets, and survivors in a harsh and shrinking habitat. Through this rare glimpse into the everyday life of a field scientist and conservationist, Owls of the Eastern Ice testifies to the determination and creativity essential to scientific advancement and serves as a powerful reminder of the beauty, strength, and vulnerability of the natural world.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374718091
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 Longlisted for the National Book Award Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and the Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction A Finalist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award Winner of the Peace Corps Worldwide Special Book Award A Best Book of the Year: NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Globe and Mail, The BirdBooker Report, Geographical, Open Letter Review Best Nature Book of the Year: The Times (London) "A terrifically exciting account of [Slaght's] time in the Russian Far East studying Blakiston’s fish owls, huge, shaggy-feathered, yellow-eyed, and elusive birds that hunt fish by wading in icy water . . . Even on the hottest summer days this book will transport you.” —Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk, in Kirkus I saw my first Blakiston’s fish owl in the Russian province of Primorye, a coastal talon of land hooking south into the belly of Northeast Asia . . . No scientist had seen a Blakiston’s fish owl so far south in a hundred years . . . When he was just a fledgling birdwatcher, Jonathan C. Slaght had a chance encounter with one of the most mysterious birds on Earth. Bigger than any owl he knew, it looked like a small bear with decorative feathers. He snapped a quick photo and shared it with experts. Soon he was on a five-year journey, searching for this enormous, enigmatic creature in the lush, remote forests of eastern Russia. That first sighting set his calling as a scientist. Despite a wingspan of six feet and a height of over two feet, the Blakiston’s fish owl is highly elusive. They are easiest to find in winter, when their tracks mark the snowy banks of the rivers where they feed. They are also endangered. And so, as Slaght and his devoted team set out to locate the owls, they aim to craft a conservation plan that helps ensure the species’ survival. This quest sends them on all-night monitoring missions in freezing tents, mad dashes across thawing rivers, and free-climbs up rotting trees to check nests for precious eggs. They use cutting-edge tracking technology and improvise ingenious traps. And all along, they must keep watch against a run-in with a bear or an Amur tiger. At the heart of Slaght’s story are the fish owls themselves: cunning hunters, devoted parents, singers of eerie duets, and survivors in a harsh and shrinking habitat. Through this rare glimpse into the everyday life of a field scientist and conservationist, Owls of the Eastern Ice testifies to the determination and creativity essential to scientific advancement and serves as a powerful reminder of the beauty, strength, and vulnerability of the natural world.
Owls
Author: Kila Jarvis
Publisher: Mountain Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
From tufts to talons, this book tells about all nineteen species of owls found in the United States and Canada. With 36 full-color illustrations, it's a charming introduction to owls suitable for all ages.
Publisher: Mountain Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
From tufts to talons, this book tells about all nineteen species of owls found in the United States and Canada. With 36 full-color illustrations, it's a charming introduction to owls suitable for all ages.
The Book of North American Owls
Author: Helen Roney Sattler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395605240
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Provides general information on the behavior of owls and specific information about the physical characteristics and behavior of the twenty-one North American species.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395605240
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Provides general information on the behavior of owls and specific information about the physical characteristics and behavior of the twenty-one North American species.
Owls of the World
Author: James R. Duncan
Publisher: Firefly Books
ISBN: 9781552978450
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
An in-depth reference to owls around the world, "Owls of the World" traces the remarkable evolution of 205 owl species and their place within the avian order as both predators and prey.
Publisher: Firefly Books
ISBN: 9781552978450
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
An in-depth reference to owls around the world, "Owls of the World" traces the remarkable evolution of 205 owl species and their place within the avian order as both predators and prey.