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HarperCollins, 1996-01-02

How Do Birds Find Their Way?

How Do Birds Find Their Way?

Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2, Let's Read-And-Find-Out Science (Paperback), Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science, and Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2, 1

Roma Gans, Author

Paul Mirocha, Illustrator

Paperback

9780064451505

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Many birds travel thousands of miles each year, migrating between summer and winter homes. Just how they find their way back and forth, sometimes returning to the exact same nesting grounds each year, has puzzled ornithologists for years. Roma Gans details the many theories scientists have proposed to explain the mysteries of migration. Full color.
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With clarity and curiosity, this nonfiction book introduces young readers to the remarkable mystery of bird migration. Simple yet engaging explanations inspire wonder at how instinct, seasons, and Earth’s cues guide birds across vast distances.

Keywords and Themes: Activity Books • Animals • Birds • Concepts • Discovery • Earth Science • General • Habits • History • How Things Work/Are Made • Inventions • Juvenile Nonfiction • Nature • Observation • Patterns • Respect • Science & Nature • Seasons • Technology • Wonder • Zoology • Zoos

Readability • 3.7

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 32

Subjects • Birds • Migration

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Birds • Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology • Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | How Things Work/Are Made • Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Seasons • Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Zoos • Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | General • Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions

Many birds make long journeys twice each year as they migrate between their winter and summer homes. Arctic terns fly more than 10,000 miles from the South Pole to northern Maine. Tiny little hummingbirds fly nonstop over the ocean for 500 miles. How do they know which way to fly? Why don't they get lost? Read and find out the many ideas scientists have come up with to explain this mystery.
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