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Author: Joyce Robertson Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1449087914 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 27
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"Thief!" "Murderer!" "Rascal!" Though not a well-loved bird, biologists say they are among the most intelligent birds. Some magpies have been trained to count. In captivity a magpie will use a twig to sweep food within reach. READ...about their huge nests, made with two doorways and a roof! LEARN...how they gang up against predators!
Author: Joyce Robertson Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1449087914 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 27
Book Description
"Thief!" "Murderer!" "Rascal!" Though not a well-loved bird, biologists say they are among the most intelligent birds. Some magpies have been trained to count. In captivity a magpie will use a twig to sweep food within reach. READ...about their huge nests, made with two doorways and a roof! LEARN...how they gang up against predators!
Author: Tim Birkhead Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1408137771 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 273
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Two species of magpie feature in this book, the Black-billed Magpie, familiar to most Europeans, which occurs throughout much of the northern hemisphere, and the Yellow-billed Magpie, which is confined to California. Magpies are unmistakable in their appearance, voice and extrovert, arrogant manner. While their persecution at the hands of gamekeepers over the last hundred years has made them wary and difficult to approach, a number of recent field studies, both in Europe and North America, have successfully revealed the intricacies of the magpie way of life. Tim Birkhead has studied both species, and has produced a fascinating account of their ecology and behaviour. Many of the results from his ten-year study of magpies in northern England are published here for the first time. Particularly revealing however is his comparison of the two species and of their different races. Magpies occur in a wide range of habitats, including English farmland, the deserts of North America, the mountains of Saudi Arabia and the windswept plateaus of Tibet. As this book explains, magpies are able to exploit this diversity of habitats largely through their remarkably flexible social behaviour. The Magpies covers all aspects of their lives, including their marital relationships, food hoarding behaviour, longevity and survival, nesting behaviour, breeding success and their controversial relationship with man. The text is supported by numerous photographs, diagrams and tables, and superb illustrations by David Quinn.
Author: Michelle Cornish Publisher: SolVin Creative ISBN: 199022136X Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 293
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What if the only way to save your child was to embrace a power you never knew you had? At sixteen, Sasha's life was shattered when her newborn daughter Enola was stolen. Now, two years later, Sasha is determined to find her, guided by a mysterious murder of crows and a newfound ability she struggles to understand. Sasha's quest leads her to Artie, an enigmatic woman living deep in the forest, who reveals that Sasha's visions hold the key to finding Enola. But mastering her abilities isn't easy, and dark forces are closing in, threatening not just Enola but every child caught in their sinister web. As Sasha delves deeper into her powers, she uncovers secrets about her own past and a hidden strength she never knew she possessed. But time is running out, and every vision brings her closer to the truth—and the danger. Every second counts as Sasha faces the ultimate question: Can she save her daughter, or will the darkness consume them both? Dive into Sasha's mystical world and join her fight for reunion and redemption.
Author: Mark Denny Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674060857 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 400
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The alarm calls of birds make them difficult for predators to locate, while the howl of wolves and the croak of bullfrogs are designed to carry across long distances. From an engineer's perspective, how do such specialized adaptations among living things really work? And how does physics constrain evolution, channeling it in particular directions? Writing with wit and a richly informed sense of wonder, Denny and McFadzean offer an expert look at animals as works of engineering, each exquisitely adapted to a specific manner of survival, whether that means spinning webs or flying across continents or hunting in the dark-or writing books. This particular book, containing more than a hundred illustrations, conveys clearly, for engineers and nonengineers alike, the physical principles underlying animal structure and behavior. Pigeons, for instance-when understood as marvels of engineering-are flying remote sensors: they have wideband acoustical receivers, hi-res optics, magnetic sensing, and celestial navigation. Albatrosses expend little energy while traveling across vast southern oceans, by exploiting a technique known to glider pilots as dynamic soaring. Among insects, one species of fly can locate the source of a sound precisely, even though the fly itself is much smaller than the wavelength of the sound it hears. And that big-brained, upright Great Ape? Evolution has equipped us to figure out an important fact about the natural world: that there is more to life than engineering, but no life at all without it.
Author: Carol Weishampel, Ed.D. Publisher: Publication Consultants ISBN: 1594331715 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 33
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Loon is Calling. Do You Hear Him? Loon Necklace is the a legend of how loons received their necklace-like white feathers around their necks.
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