| Authors: |
Arnosky, Jim.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Birds of prey -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
Birds of prey -- Juvenile literature.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Sterling, c2011. |
| Description: |
32, [1] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781402756610 1402756615 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [33]). |
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"Features giant fold-out pages of life-size birds!"--Sticker on dust jacket. |
| Contents: |
Life size eagles, hawks and falcons -- Eagles, hawks, and falcons -- Life size owls -- Owls -- Vultures -- Life size herons and egrets -- Herons and egrets -- Life size pelicans -- Pelicans -- Loons, cormorants, and gannets -- Nature's flying predators. |
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| Summary: |
The author describes and identifies winged predators, and explains why there are no feathers on a vulture's head, which bird is the deep-diving champ, and what makes an owl's wings perfectly silent in flight, in a text with fold-out pages. |