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Migratory birds / by Oliver, Mariana,1986-author.; Sanches, Julia,translator.(CARDINAL)620680;
"In her prize-winning debut, Mexican essayist Mariana Oliver trains her gaze on migration in its many forms, moving between real cities and other more inaccessible territories: language, memory, pain, desire, and the body. With an abiding curiosity and poetic ease, Oliver leads us through the underground city of Cappadocia, explores the vicissitudes of a Berlin marked by historical fracture, recalls a shocking childhood exodus, and recreates the intimacy of the spaces we inhabit. Blending criticism, reportage, and a travel writing all her own, Oliver presents a brilliant collection of essays that asks us what it means to leave the familiar behind and make the unfamiliar our own." --A sensitive, stunning debut on movement, migration, and loss, in the vein of Valeria Luiselli's "Sidewalks."Migratory birds -- Cappadocia -- Cassandra -- Normandy -- The other lost boys and girls -- Özdamar's tongue -- Koblenz -- Berlin -- Mimesis in VHS -- Trümmerfrauen -- Blueprint for a house.
Subjects: Essays.; Travel writing.; Oliver, Mariana, 1986-; Voyages and travels.; Birds;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Neotropical migratory birds : natural history, distribution, and population change / by DeGraaf, Richard M.(CARDINAL)269556; Rappole, John H.(CARDINAL)316626;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-668) and index.
Subjects: Birds; Birds; Birds; Birds;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Migratory Birds Convention Act and Migratory Bird Regulations. by Canada.; Canada.Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources.(CARDINAL)163363; Canadian Wildlife Service.(CARDINAL)320895;
Subjects: Birds;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Flight paths [sound recording] : how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration / by Heisman, Rebecca,author.; Ryan, Allyson,1976-narrator._aRyan_Allyson_d1976-(CARDINAL)849230;
Read by Allyson Ryan.Here is the never-before-told story of how a group of scientists used nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration--from takeoffs to flight paths and behaviors, to challenges in reaching their destinations.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Birds; Flyways.; Migratory birds.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Flight lines : across the globe on a journey with the astonishing ultramarathon birds / by Darby, Andrew,author.(CARDINAL)556785;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Hunting on a no-good shore -- Three letters will do -- Tiny sparks -- The undertone -- The treasure map -- The treasure house -- Perfectly suited -- The white bear bird -- Beringia -- A portion of their secrets -- Now south -- A flick of the dragon's tail -- Lost flocks -- A spoonful of hope -- Navigating the possible -- In harmony with the sun.
Subjects: Pluvialis squatarola.; Migratory birds.; Birds;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Migrating birds [board book] : a colors book / by Goodhart, Chloe,author.; Lucas, Gareth,illustrator.(CARDINAL)624161;
"From the purple finch to the indigo bunting, kids will explore some of the most popular migrating birds nature has to offer while learning their unique colors, too!"--Ages 0-3.AD650L
Subjects: Board books.; Creative nonfiction.; Picture books.; Migratory birds; Migratory birds;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 7
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A world on the wing : the global odyssey of migratory birds / by Weidensaul, Scott,author.(CARDINAL)198247;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-373) and index.An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrations - how billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres on an annual basis - is nothing short of extraordinary. Bird migration entails almost unfathomable endurance, like a sparrow-sized sandpiper that will fly nonstop from Canada to Venezuela - the equivalent of running 126 consecutive marathons without food, water, or rest - avoiding dehydration by "drinking" moisture from its own muscles and organs, while orienting itself using the earth's magnetic field through a form of quantum entanglement that made Einstein queasy. Crossing the Pacific Ocean in nine days of nonstop flight, as some birds do, leaves little time for sleep, but migrants can put half their brains to sleep for a few seconds at a time, alternating sides - and their reaction time actually improves. These and other revelations convey both the wonder of bird migration and its global sweep, from the mudflats of the Yellow Sea in China to the remote mountains of northeastern India to the dusty hills of southern Cyprus. This breathtaking work of nature writing from Pulitzer Prize finalist Scott Weidensaul also introduces readers to those scientists, researchers, and bird lovers trying to preserve global migratory patterns in the face of climate change and other environmental challenges. Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork, in A World on the Wing Weidensaul unveils with dazzling prose the miracle of nature taking place over our heads. --
Subjects: Creative nonfiction.; Birds; Flyways.; Migratory birds.;
Available copies: 29 / Total copies: 31
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Flight paths : how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration / by Heisman, Rebecca,author.(CARDINAL)868798;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Where do the birds go? -- A bird in the hand -- Looking and listening -- Chasing angels -- Follow that beep -- Higher, further, faster -- Navigating by the sun -- You are where you eat -- The feather library -- Vox populi -- Conclusion: Sky full of hope."Flight Paths is the never-before-told story of how a group of migration-obsessed scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries engaged nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration--from where and when they take off to their flightpaths and behaviors, their destinations and the challenges they encounter getting there"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Bird watching.; Birds; Flyways; Migratory birds;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 16
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Where do the birds go? : a migration mystery / by Olien, Rebecca.(CARDINAL)323742; McDee, Katie,illustrator.(CARDINAL)396000;
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index."In graphic novel format, text and illustrations explain why birds migrate"--RL: K-3.GN540LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Birds; Migratory birds;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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North Carolina and federal migratory bird hunting regulations abstract. by North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.(CARDINAL)149691;
Subjects: Fowling;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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