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Bibi / by Weaver, Jo(Children's author);
Bibi is an elderly flamingo who looks out for the flock, and especially the babies--but when it looks like she will not be able to migrate the rest of the flock tell her it is their turn to look out for her.
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Picture books.; Flamingos; Communities; Responsibility; Friendship;
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The courage of birds : and the often suprising ways they survive winter / by Dunne, Pete.;
"From our own backyards to the rim of the Arctic ice, countless birds have adapted to meet the challenges of the winter season. This is their remarkable story, told by award-winning birder and acclaimed writer Pete Dunne, accompanied by illustrations from renowned artist and birder David Sibley. Despite the seasonal life-sapping cold, birds have evolved strategies that meet winter's vicissitudes head on, driven by the imperative to make it to spring and pass down their genes to the next generation. The drama of winter and the resilience and adaptability of birds witnessed in the harsher months of the calendar is both fascinating and astonishing. In The Courage of Birds, Pete Dunne -- winner of the American Birding Association's Roger Tory Peterson Award for lifetime achievement in promoting the cause of birding -- chronicles the behavior of the birds of North America. He expertly explores widespread adaptations, such as feathers that protect against the cold, and unpacks the unique migration patterns and survival strategies of individual species. Dunne also addresses the impact of changing climatic conditions on avian longevity and recounts personal anecdotes that soar with a naturalist's gimlet eye. Filled with unforgettable facts, wit, and moving observations on the natural world, Dunne's book is for everyone; from the serious birder who tracks migration patterns, to the casual birder who logs daily reports on eBird, to the backyard observer who throws a handful of seed out for the Northern Cardinals and wonders how the birds magically appear in the garden when temperatures begin to fall"--Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: NATURE / Animals / Birds; NATURE / Animals / Wildlife; NATURE / Birdwatching Guides; NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions; NATURE / Reference; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology; SCIENCE / Natural History;
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Fly! / by Teague, Mark.;
Mama bird wants Baby bird to learn to fly so he can migrate with the rest of the flock, but Baby bird would rather go by hot air balloon or car, instead.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Birds; Animals; Flight;
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Fly away home [videorecording] / by Daniels, Jeff,1955-; Paquin, Anna.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney.A 13-year old girl and her estranged father learn what family is all about when they adopt an orphaned flock of geese and teach them to fly.Canadian Home Video rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Children's films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fathers and daughters; Human-animal relationships; Geese;
For private home use only.
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Hotel Bruce / by Higgins, Ryan T.;
A reluctant mother to four young geese, grumpy Bruce the bear loses his temper when he migrates home in the spring only to discover that mice have converted his den into a hotel.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Bears; Hotels; Forest animals; Humorous stories.;
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Splash and Bubbles. [videorecording] / by PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; PBS for Kids,production company.;
The Reeftown Rangers set off on a migratory adventure from the Antarctic to the Arctic in this new one-hour Splash and Bubbles event. They will encounter narwhals and penguins and humpbacks on the way.G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Friendship; Marine animals; Ocean;
For private home use only.
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Great Lakes untamed. [videorecording] / by McIntyre Media,distributor.;
Animals of the Great Lakes cope with the most extreme, unpredictable temperature changes on Earth - from summer highs of 40 degrees to winter lows of minus 40. This transformation creates mysteries and marvels of evolution, life uniquely adapted to change. This land of wonder has weird and unique animal behaviours. The world's largest mass spawning occurs near Lake Michigan. Wolves fish for white suckerfish to feed their pups. Massasauga Rattlesnakes swim between Lake Huron's 30,000 islands to give birth to live young. A mother moose dives to the bottom of the lake to feed her calf. A thirty-year-old female salamander, the world's only 'photosynthetic vertebrate', makes an epic migration across snow near Lake Huron. In Lake Erie, colourful redside dace have evolved to catch insects in the air. Parasitic mussels imitate minnows to lure their prey and biologists use innovative new science to battle invasive sea lamprey. The adaptation of wildlife to successfully live and thrive in the Great Lakes watershed gives us hope about the future of the world's greatest and most important freshwater ecosystem.E.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Wildlife television programs.; Television mini-series.; Freshwater ecology; Lakes; Watersheds;
For private home use only.
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Dinosaur train. [videorecording]. by PBS for Kids.;
I'm a T.Rex -- T.Rex Teeth -- T.Rex migration -- Armored like Ankylosaurus -- Buddy explores the Tyrannosaurs -- Playdate with Annie -- Spikey tail tale -- Big stomping feet -- Don's winter wish.Buddy travels to Rexville on the Dinosaur Train and meets Delores Tyrannosaurus and her daughter Annie. When he sees that he shares all the same features, Buddy learns that he is a Tyrannosaurus rex! Additional fun adventures are also included, plus a dinosaur reference guide for parents, Dr. Scott's segments, and more.G.DVD; Dolby Digital stereo.; widescreen presentation; NTSC; region 1.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Congresses and conventions; Dinosaurs; Railroad trains; Tyrannosaurus rex; Video recordings for children.;
© c2011., PBS Kids,
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Once there were wolves / by McConaghy, Charlotte,author.;
"From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a #1 IndieNext pick, a gorgeous and pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands. She hopes to heal not only the dying landscape, but Aggie, too, unmade by the terrible secrets that drove the sisters out of Alaska. Inti is not the woman she once was, either, changed by the harm she's witnessed-inflicted by humans on both the wild and each other. Yet as the wolves surprise everyone by thriving, Inti begins to let her guard down, even opening herself up to the possibility of love. But when a farmer is mauled to death, Inti knows where the town will lay blame. Unable to accept her wolves could be responsible, Inti makes a reckless decision to protect them. But if the wolves didn't make the kill, then is something more sinister at play? Charlotte McConaghy's Once There Were Wolves is the unforgettable story of a woman desperate to save the creatures she loves-if she isn't consumed by a wild that was once her refuge"--
Subjects: Sisters; Biologists; Wolves; Human-animal relationships;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Saving time : discovering a life beyond the clock / by Odell, Jenny(Multimedia artist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Our daily experience, dominated by the corporate clock that so many of us contort ourselves to fit inside, is destroying us. It wasn't built for people, it was built for profit. This is a book that tears open the seams of reality as we know it-the way we experience time itself-and rearranges it, reimagining a world not centered around work, the office clock, or the profit motive. Explaining how we got to the point where time became money, Odell offers us new models to live by-inspired by pre-industrial cultures, ecological, and geological time-that make a more humane, more hopeful way of living seem possible. In this dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful reframing of time, Jenny Odell takes us on a journey through other temporal habitats. As planet-bound animals, we live inside shortening and lengthening days, alongside gardens growing, birds migrating, and cliffs eroding. The stretchy quality of waiting and desire, the way the present may suddenly feel marbled with childhood memory, the slow but sure procession of a pregnancy, or the time it takes to heal from injuries-physical or emotional. Odell urges us to become stewards of these different rhythms of life, to imagine a life, identity, and source of meaning outside of the world of work and profit, and to understand that the trajectory of our lives-or the life of the planet-is not a foregone conclusion. In that sense, "saving" time-recovering its fundamentally irreducible and inventive nature-could also mean that time saves us"--
Subjects: Time; Time.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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