Author : Tracy Read
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,4 MB
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781536421705
There's no greater thrill than spotting one of these tiny birds in the garden, and young readers will be fascinated by how this avian machine works. Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world, but they exploit every advantage that comes with th
Author : Lillian Q. Stokes
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 29,24 MB
Release : 2008-11-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 031604847X
Attract amazing hummingbirds to your backyard! With this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide, you'll find it easy to attract these tiny jewel-like birds to your own yard. With this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide, you'll find it easy to attract these tiny, jewel-like birds to your own yard. The Stokes Hummingbird Book provides all the information you need to bring hummingbirds up close, identify them, and understand their fascinating and varied behavior. The book includes: Range maps and full-color photographs to help you identify and locate hummingbirds Information on how to select the proper feeders, what to use in them, when to put them up, and when to take them down Advice on what flowers to plant to attract hummingbirds in your part of the country Amazing facts about hummingbirds, such as how fast they fly and how much they weigh Guidelines for photographing hummingbirds Complete information on hummingbird behavior, including flight displays, breeding habits, and feeding A special section on attracting orioles, with photographs and behavior guides for each of the eight species found in North America A resource list for hummingbird supplies
Author : David Wentworth Lazaroff
Publisher : Treasure Chest Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781886679009
This book covers many of the different kinds of hummingbirds found in North America, and their life-cycle.
Author : Michael Fogden
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 17,85 MB
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0062306405
Hummingbirds have always held popular appeal, with their visual brilliance, extraordinary flight dexterity, jewel-like color, and remarkably small size. This is the first book to profile all 338 known species, from the Saw-billed Hermit to the Scintillant Hummingbird. Every bird is shown life-size in glorious full-color photographs. Every species profile includes a flight map and key statistics, as well as information about behavior, plumage, and habitat. This authoritative guide has been annotated by the world's leading experts on hummingbirds and features a foreword by renowned birding author Pete Dunne.
Author : Kate Riggs
Publisher : The Creative Company
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 24,67 MB
Release : 2022-03-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1640007423
Meet some of the world's smallest birds in this elementary introduction to hummingbirds. Small yet mighty, hummingbirds have incredible flying abilities, darting from flower to flower. They need all the nectar they can get to fuel their fast wings! Readers explore the hummingbird's features, behaviors, and habitats with STEM-appropriate text and gorgeous photography. An end folk tale shares a Mexican story about how these birds got their beautiful feathers.
Author : Esther Quesada Tyrrell
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 29,8 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Robert Tyrrell, the world's foremost photographer of hummingbirds, has successfully captured on film the utterly fascinating day-to-day activities of our colorful North American species. Included among the 235 full-color pictures are never-before-photographed sequences such as nesting, molting, preening and territorial aggression, as well as an unprecedented portfolio of hummingbirds feeding from wildflowers. Esther Tyrrell has written the accompanying illuminating text, by far the most complete and up-to-date information on hummingbirds ever assembled, which will make this book the definitive source for both scientists and the general reader for years to come. This lavishly illustrated volume opens with an introduction to this lovely family of
Author : Rebecca E. Hirsch
Publisher : Lerner Classroom
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 28,49 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 146779631X
"Readers will compare key traits of ruby-throated hummingbirds?their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle?to traits of other birds."--Amazon.com.
Author : Tony Tilford
Publisher : Thunder Bay Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,65 MB
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781626863880
A fascinating reference guide to nature's "jewels in flight." Often called "jewels in flight" due to their brilliant plumage, the tiny hummingbird is a welcome friend in gardens and on patios everywhere. These fascinating little avians have long captured our imagination with their spectacular beauty and magical ability to hover in midair. Discover these remarkable little birds in the Complete Book of Hummingbirds by Tony Tilford. This is the ultimate reference guide to hummingbirds, featuring a comprehensive overview of the birds' biology, evolution, behavior, breeding, and migration patterns. You'll be awestruck by the amazing updated collection of full-color photographs depicting hummingbirds in flight and at rest in the Gallery of Hummingbirds. Learn how to attract hungry hummingbirds to your garden! Discover the kinds of plants and flowers that they love to visit, and how to create artificial feeding stations by making your own hummingbird food. From Woodnymphs and Mountain-Gems to Plovercrests and Hillstars, this thorough book describes all the hummingbirds of the world, and includes a helpful reference section, complete with a glossary and recommended websites for further reading.
Author :
Publisher : Conran Octopus
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 26,49 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, p, e, i, s, t.
Author : Megan Borgert-Spaniol
Publisher : Blastoff! Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,90 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781626170599
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces Hummingbirds to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
