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Explains the process and materials that birds use to build nests. This book’s colorful photos, clear text, and “A Closer Look” feature highlight the engineering that makes this structure such a marvel and helps birds survive in the wild.

Cooper Klavan and his sister, Anna, are fishing with their parents at a woodland pond when they come across an injured bird. Anna, a huge animal lover, insists on taking it home to rehabilitate. But the bird really does not want to be rescued. It bites Anna. Soon, she is behaving very strangely: perching high up in trees and gathering sticks to hide in her room. Cooper doesn't want to jump to any conclusions, but his sister seems to be going to the...

How do animals such as birds, insects, and bats stay in the air? The answer of course is wings and feathers. Wings and feathers are important adaptations that have taken millions of years evolve. Feathers first appeared during the time of the dinosaurs, and birds are actually distant relatives of dinosaurs. Insects with wings appeared many thousands of years before feathers appeared. This book discusses how these adaptations benefit the birds, insects,...

Tim's dad owns a pet store, but business is not as good as the new location and things look even worse when Elmo, Tim's favorite cockatoo, disappears during a party, but Tim is determined to find him.

Karl is an Abyssinian ground hornbill whose lower bill had broken off and made eating difficult. Karl wasn't getting all the food he needed, so his zookeepers at the National Zoo and friends at the Smithsonian Institute wanted to help. Could an old bird skeleton and a 3-D printer give Karl a new beak?

What makes falcons different from other birds of prey? If it isn't their small size, it's their unique ability to be trained by people to hunt. Readers learn these facts and more through this volume, which offers an exciting perspective on important elementary life science topics. Readers will delight in learning about this raptor's appearance, survival techniques, predatory behavior, and more. Popular falcon species such as the Peregrine falcon are...

Dinosaurs may be extinct, but their closest relatives are still around...and they're everywhere. With eleven thousand different species, birds are some of nature's finest creatures. This book introduces students to all kinds of birds, each full of unique characteristics and capabilities. As readers fly through the pages, they'll learn about the California condor, which is North America's largest bird with a wingspan of eleven feet. They'll get a look...

As the national bird of the United States, the bald eagle may be the most recognizable raptor. However, there are about 60 eagle species in the world. Readers learn about many of them through this text, which offers a detailed look at eagles and the unique family of raptors to which they belong. Colorful photographs allow readers to visualize the text's content, which covers topics such as appearance, predatory behavior, survival techniques, and more....

Presents three previously published works about a pet raven named Mortimer, who talks, eats everything in sight, and causes all sorts of trouble.

Describes animals that have unusual characteristics, including the goldenrod crab spider, frilled lizard, Ecuador tree frog, and hoatzin.