Author: Julie Guidone
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 9781433900280
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Describes toucans, macaws, and harpy eagles, birds that live in the rain forest, and explains how they protect themselves and find food, and that they are endangered.
Toucans and Other Birds
Author: Julie Guidone
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 9781433900280
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Describes toucans, macaws, and harpy eagles, birds that live in the rain forest, and explains how they protect themselves and find food, and that they are endangered.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 9781433900280
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Describes toucans, macaws, and harpy eagles, birds that live in the rain forest, and explains how they protect themselves and find food, and that they are endangered.
Toco Toucans
Author: Laura Hamilton Waxman
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 1467796360
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
See what the toco toucan has in common with the tropical kingbird. Learn what sets it apart from the rock wren. Readers will compare key traits of toco toucans—their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle—to traits of other birds. Charts and sidebars support key ideas and provide details. Through gathering information about similarities and differences, readers will make connections and draw conclusions about what makes the toco toucan a bird and how birds are alike and different from each other.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 1467796360
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
See what the toco toucan has in common with the tropical kingbird. Learn what sets it apart from the rock wren. Readers will compare key traits of toco toucans—their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle—to traits of other birds. Charts and sidebars support key ideas and provide details. Through gathering information about similarities and differences, readers will make connections and draw conclusions about what makes the toco toucan a bird and how birds are alike and different from each other.
Toucans, Barbets, and Honeyguides
Author: Lester Short
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198546665
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
This book covers in unmatched detail the life history, relationships, biology, and conservation of all the world's toucans, barbets, and honeyguides. These number 133 species, found in tropical regions around the world. The toucans are especially well-known because of their dramatic bills and their association with the Amazon rainforest. The colour plates, painted by well- known US artist Albert Earl Gilbert, are probably the best paintings of these birds ever produced.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198546665
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
This book covers in unmatched detail the life history, relationships, biology, and conservation of all the world's toucans, barbets, and honeyguides. These number 133 species, found in tropical regions around the world. The toucans are especially well-known because of their dramatic bills and their association with the Amazon rainforest. The colour plates, painted by well- known US artist Albert Earl Gilbert, are probably the best paintings of these birds ever produced.
Birds
Author: Tim Flach
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1647007224
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Birds of the world are portrayed in all their colorful glory by Tim Flach, the world’s leading animal photographer Radiating grace, intelligence, and humor, and always in motion, birds tantalize the human imagination. Working for years in his studio and the field, Tim Flach has portrayed nature’s most exquisite creatures alertly at rest or dramatically in flight, capturing intricate feather patterns and subtle coloration invisible to the naked eye. From familiar friends to marvelous rarities, Flach’s birds convey the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Here are all manner of songbirds, parrots, and birds of paradise; birds of prey, water birds, and theatrical domestic breeds. The brilliant ornithologist Richard O. Prum is our guide to this magical kingdom.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1647007224
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Birds of the world are portrayed in all their colorful glory by Tim Flach, the world’s leading animal photographer Radiating grace, intelligence, and humor, and always in motion, birds tantalize the human imagination. Working for years in his studio and the field, Tim Flach has portrayed nature’s most exquisite creatures alertly at rest or dramatically in flight, capturing intricate feather patterns and subtle coloration invisible to the naked eye. From familiar friends to marvelous rarities, Flach’s birds convey the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Here are all manner of songbirds, parrots, and birds of paradise; birds of prey, water birds, and theatrical domestic breeds. The brilliant ornithologist Richard O. Prum is our guide to this magical kingdom.
Hand-Rearing Birds
Author: Rebecca S. Duerr
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119167787
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1053
Book Description
This book presents a detailed guide to hand-rearing techniques for raising young birds, providing complete coverage of a wide variety of avian species and taxonomic groups for all avian care professionals. Chapters are written by expert rehabilitation, aviculture, and zoo professionals, and include useful references and bibliographies for further reading and research. Each chapter provides valuable information on appropriate intervention, housing, feeding, and care. Hand-Rearing Birds, Second Edition presents 50 chapters, including 12 new chapters on species or groups of species not featured in the previous edition. It also features color photographs that help illustrate many concepts pertinent to birds. This important reference: Offers a detailed guide to hand-rearing techniques including species-specific guides to caring for and raising young birds Covers a wide variety of avian species and taxonomic groups Discusses how to examine a chick to identify problems such as hypothermia, dehydration, injuries, and common diseases, and what to do Combines information on the science and skill needed to successfully hand-rear birds Presents full-color photographs throughout Hand-Rearing Birds, Second Edition is an essential resource for avian rehabilitators, breeders, veterinarians, and zoo staff.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119167787
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1053
Book Description
This book presents a detailed guide to hand-rearing techniques for raising young birds, providing complete coverage of a wide variety of avian species and taxonomic groups for all avian care professionals. Chapters are written by expert rehabilitation, aviculture, and zoo professionals, and include useful references and bibliographies for further reading and research. Each chapter provides valuable information on appropriate intervention, housing, feeding, and care. Hand-Rearing Birds, Second Edition presents 50 chapters, including 12 new chapters on species or groups of species not featured in the previous edition. It also features color photographs that help illustrate many concepts pertinent to birds. This important reference: Offers a detailed guide to hand-rearing techniques including species-specific guides to caring for and raising young birds Covers a wide variety of avian species and taxonomic groups Discusses how to examine a chick to identify problems such as hypothermia, dehydration, injuries, and common diseases, and what to do Combines information on the science and skill needed to successfully hand-rear birds Presents full-color photographs throughout Hand-Rearing Birds, Second Edition is an essential resource for avian rehabilitators, breeders, veterinarians, and zoo staff.
Toucans
Author: Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780531132173
Category : Toucans
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to toucans. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780531132173
Category : Toucans
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to toucans. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Toucan Toucan't
Author: Peter Francis-Browne
Publisher: Tide Mill Press
ISBN: 9781849561006
Category : Friendship
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
What can a toucan do? A toucan tango, but a toucan't share a potty This humorous storybook features wordplay accompanied by bright and friendly illustrations.
Publisher: Tide Mill Press
ISBN: 9781849561006
Category : Friendship
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
What can a toucan do? A toucan tango, but a toucan't share a potty This humorous storybook features wordplay accompanied by bright and friendly illustrations.
Birds
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Nature All Around: Birds
Author: Pamela Hickman
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1525306030
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
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!
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1525306030
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
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!
The Birds of Costa Rica
Author: Richard Garrigues
Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates
ISBN: 9780801479885
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A new, updated edition of the only compact, portable, and user-friendly field guide the novice or experienced birder needs to identify birds in the field in the diverse habitats found in Costa Rica. -- "Biology Digest"
Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates
ISBN: 9780801479885
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A new, updated edition of the only compact, portable, and user-friendly field guide the novice or experienced birder needs to identify birds in the field in the diverse habitats found in Costa Rica. -- "Biology Digest"