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30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
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English
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The story of a nesting pair of murrelets who fly inland from their home in the Pacific Ocean to the Douglas-fir tree area of California where an egg is laid. After the egg is hatched the parents fly back and forth to the ocean bring fish for the young bird to eat. And finally when the fledgling leaves the nest and heads to the ocean.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text introduce different kinds of birds' nests, from the scrapes falcons build on high, craggy ledges to the underground nests burrowing owls dig. Includes brief facts about each kind of bird.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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This elegantly illustrated book explains stage by stage in easy text how a wasp nest is built. It follows by days and weeks and shows how the queen's industrious workers create a sturdy, weatherproof home. Readers see the inside of the growing nest where the eggs turn into larvae and emerge 20 days later as juveniles. As the nest gets bigger and the story progresses, the book's pages become bigger too. Cross sections show the amazing construction...
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26 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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"It's time for Bird to build her nest! Follow her as she pulls a worm out of the ground, lifts some twigs that are just the right size, and pushes the twigs into place. Uh-oh! One of the twigs falls to the ground! But after a day of hard work, Bird's nest is ready and waiting"--Publisher's website.
10) Nesting
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 27 cm
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English
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Two robins build a nest together and raise their chicks, navigating a year of changing seasons and serpentine predators.--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
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English
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With rhyming text, this soothing bedtime book is an ode to baby birds everywhere and sleepy children home safe in their own beds. As a mother describes to her child how many species of birds nest, from pigeons on concrete ledges to owls in oak tree boles to swallows above barn doors.
A mother tells her child at bedtime how and where different birds make their nest, just like the child nests in a home with her mother.
12) The perfect nest
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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Jack the cat gets much more than he bargained for when he decides to build the perfect nest to attract the perfect chicken.
13) A nest is noisy
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English
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Introduces the world of nests, revealing the variety created by the world's birds, animals, and insects.
14) Not your nest!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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"Bird builds the perfect nest, the only problem is everyone else wants to sleep in it!"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
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George does not feel ready to learn to fly, leave his nest, and go south with the other birds, despite his mother's encouragement, but when a strong autumn wind gets hold of the nest, he may have no choice.
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24 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.
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English
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Robyn Boid studied architecture at the National University and dreamed of becoming a famous architect. There's a lot more to architecture than nest-building, as this busy little bird soon discovers. Join Robyn Boid as she learns the most important principles of architecture by studying the great buildings of the world.
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xiii, 203 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
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English
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"Two of the best-known names in birding--Peterson and Bird Watcher's Digest--team up to provide reliable, expert advice on how to attract the birds you want into your yard. Which birds use nest boxes? What's required to maintain a birdhouse? What kind of habitat will attract which birds? What does it take to be a bluebird trail operator? What does it mean if baby birds or eggs disappear from their nest? Bill Thompson III answers all of these questions...
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