Sneed B. Collard

Waiting for a Warbler

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In early April, as Owen and his sister search the hickories, oaks, and dogwoods for returning birds, a huge group of birds leaves the misty mountain slopes of the Yucatan peninsula for the 600-mile flight across the Gulf of Mexico to their summer nesting grounds. One of them is a Cerulean warbler. He will lose more than half his body weight even if the journey goes well. Aloft over the vast ocean, the birds encourage each other with squeaky chirps that say, We are still alive. We can do this.”Owen's family watches televised reports of a great storm over the Gulf of Mexico, fearing what it may mean for migrating songbirds. In alternating sprea… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Brooks, Thomas (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-0-88448-854-5
EAN: 9780884488545
Produktnummer: 37726066
Verlag: Tilbury House Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 36 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Abbildungen: color throughout
Sonstiges: Ab 6 - 8 J.

Über den Autor

Science writer Sneed B. Collard III (Missoula, MT; www.sneedbcollardiii.com) is the author of more than 80 children's books, including One Iguana, Two Iguanasand Catching Air. He has received the Washington Post Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for his body of work, and his books are featured regularly in the Junior Library Guild, NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book lists, and other best-of lists.