Summary: For thousands of years, songbirds were regarded by mankind as messengers from the gods. Today, these creatures, woven inextricably into the fabric of our environment, are vanishing at an alarming rate. Under threat from climate change, pesticides and more, populations of hundreds of species have dipped dramatically. As scientists, activists and bird enthusiasts investigate this phenomenon,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MESRoth, Sally.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Animal RothProctor, Noble S.
Summary: Discusses how, why, and when birds choose to sing, offers advice on recognizing the song of individual birds, and presents specific information on one hundred songbirds commonly found in the countryside.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Press 1988
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 598.2 PROGoldish, Meish.
Summary: Provides information about the physical characteristics, habits, and behavior of cardinals and such related species as nightingale, canary, chickadee, and lark.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.883 GOLSummary: Exposes the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe. Songbird populations have been drastically declining for several decades, with a number of species facing imminent extinction. This poignant documentary explores the wonder of these tiny globe-trekking marvels, millions of which are unlawfully slaughtered each year for large sums on the black market.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EMPGoldish, Meish.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 598.8 GOLPelikan, Judy.
Summary: Includes musical scores of bird songs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.8 PELWebster, Christine.
Summary: Enter the world of these familiar songbirds.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Weigl Publishers 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.883 WEBContents: Pacific surf & songbirds -- Predawn -- Rain with pygmy owl -- Marsh -- Sparkling water -- Brookside birds -- Bobwhite, doves & cardinals.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE ECHSilversun Pickups (Musical group)
Contents: Neon wound -- It doesn't matter why -- Freakazoid -- Don't know yet -- Straw man -- Bag of bones -- Widow's weeds -- Songbirds -- Simpatico -- We are chameleons.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SILMosher, Howard Frank
Summary: The final book by one of America's most treasured writers. Upon his passing in January 2017, Howard Frank Mosher was recognized as one of America's most acclaimed writers. His fiction set in the world of Vermont's fabled Northeast Kingdom chronicles the intertwining family histories of the natives, wanderers, outcasts, and others who settled in this ethereal place. In its obituary, The New York...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOSJasek, Jacqueline
Summary: "Introduction to different types of birds using simple text, illustrations, and photos. Features include puzzles and games, fun facts, a resource list, and an index"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598 JASHeinrich, Bernd
Summary: Naturalist Heinrich spends a year living in a log cabin he built, with no running water or electricity, conducting research on ravens, songbirds, insects, and mosses, and recounting his day-today experiences.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Addison-Wesley 1994