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As part of the unique, science Know-It-Alls! Series that features stunning covers and engaging text, this book puts the spotlight on Birds of Prey! Did you know that owls are the only birds of prey that are nocturnal? That means they like to hunt at night. Children will learn about the eagle, hawk, owl, falcon, and vulture. Awesome life-like illustrations and informative stat boxes, filled with interesting facts, make this 24-page book fun and exciting...
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Wilbur Smith's writing captivates his listeners with tale full of passions, rage, and glory. In Birds of Prey, he sets the scene for 1667 when Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of South Africa. They are lying in wait there for one of the treasure-laden galleons of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient. So begins a quest for adventure and the spoils of war. They are swept...
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A survivor of childhood trauma, two marriages, 20 hard years with the Seattle P.D. and the bottle, Jonas Piedmont Beaumont has finally decided to retire. But when he accompanies his grandmother on a cruise, Beaumont suddenly finds himself submerged in a terrifying conspiracy that could change the future of the world.
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That bird might be giving you the evil eye, but at least you'll know its name! This simple eBook teaches children to identify common birds of prey and introduces them to some of the world's most beautiful and vicious flying creatures. Professionally photographed birds with simple titles pop from each page of this eBook. Designed with young children in mind, this book is a perfect way to introduce your baby or toddler to the natural world and the birds...
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These flying predators have excellent eyesight, strong talons, and sharp beaks for capturing their prey. In this interactive title, young readers will use their own sharp eyes to read more about each bird's special adaptations, and make them come alive in their own drawings.
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Falcon Pocket Guide: Birds of Prey is a field guide to the 55 birds of prey in North America. Anatomically correct illustrations of the birds in flight and on the ground and detailed descriptions about each bird's prominent physical attributes and natural habitat make it easy to identify birds in your backyard, favorite parks, and wildlife areas. Informative and beautiful to peruse, this is the essential resource when you're out in the field.
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This field guide highlights 100 birds of prey found throughout the world. Readers will gain a greater understanding of these creatures and will be able to identify them in the wild. Features include a helpful introduction to the topic, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Reference is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Powerful eyesight, massive talons, and sharp, hooked beaks--birds of prey are built to survive! Close-up photos of these serious predators will grab readers' attention as they learn how these birds hunt their prey. Fantastic photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read and a useful resource for report writing.
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Birds of Prey" by M. E. Braddon. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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"Nancy Cowan's memoir of her thirty years living intimately with raptors, gives us a new perspective on the relationship between humans and the natural world. Cowan shares her experiences running a world-famous falconry school, and the lessons she's learned from her birds. From retrieving her falcon from the local police "lock up," to finding her husband in bed with a gyrfalcon, to a heart-breaking race to save her young peregrine from attack by a...
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Soaring out of Brightest Day, the Birds of Prey are back! Oracle, Black Canary, Huntress and Lady Blackhawk all return to Gotham City, where they belong – and they've brought a couple of new friends (or are they foes?) along with them. The Birds of Prey are forced to ally themselves with the worst of Gotham City's mega-criminals while they struggle to save his life from the unspeakable horror that hunts them all. Pursued by an unstoppable killer,...
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Birds of Prey volume 1
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One is wanted for a murder she didn't commit. The other is on the run because she knows too much. They are Dinah Laurel Lance and Ev Crawford - a.k.a. Black Canary and Starling - and joining them are the villainous Poison Ivy and the heroic Batgirl and together, as Gotham City's covert ops team, they're taking down the villains other heroes can't touch. They are the Birds of Prey.
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"One of American Birding Podcast's Best Bird Books of 2018 (Donna Schulman & Nate Swick)" Brian K. Wheeler has been studying, painting, and photographing birds of prey throughout the United States and Canada for more than fifty years. He is the illustrator of Hawks of North America (Peterson Field Guides), the coauthor and photographer of A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors (Princeton), and the author and photographer of Raptors of Eastern...
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Birds of Prey of the West and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the East, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published. Written and lavishly illustrated with stunning, lifelike paintings by leading field-guide illustrator, photographer, and author Brian Wheeler, the guides depict an enormous range of variations of age, sex, color, and plumage, and feature a significant amount of plumage...
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The Birds of Prey lose one member but gain another, all while the team itself is pulled apart by personal demons and a traitor in their midst. Plus, Mr. Freeze is out of Arkham Asylum and looking for revenge on the Court of Owls! His first target?
The newest member of the Birds team, Strix!
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