The call of the osprey / Dorothy Hinshaw Patent ; with photographs by William Muñoz.
Material type: TextSeries: Scientists in the fieldPublisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]Description: 80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0544232682
- 9780544232686
- Mercury -- Bioaccumulation -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Osprey -- Effect of mining on -- Juvenile literature
- Osprey -- Montana -- Juvenile literature
- Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature
- Scientists -- Juvenile literature
- Wildlife conservation -- United States -- Juvenile literature
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 598.93 P295 | Available | 33111008013258 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This meticulously researched and photographed account follows three University of Montana scientists and their interdisciplinary work with osprey: fish-catching birds with gigantic nests and a family that functions with teamwork and cooperation. Today the osprey is studied to monitor the effects of mercury on living things. The osprey hunts in a very small area around its large nest and so scientists can pinpoint where mercury is coming from. In Missoula, Montana, the scientists have been following ospreys for six years, collecting data on the amount of contaminants found on their feathers and in their blood. The rivers and streams in Western Montana are still suffering effects from inappropriate mining activities performed more than a hundred years ago. This man-made pollution is still dangerous to people and to wildlife.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The great fisher -- Dangers in the environment -- You are what you eat -- Spying on the ospreys -- After the ospreys have gone-analyzing the data -- Learning where the ospreys go.
"A stunning addition to the Scientists in the Field series that explores mercury pollution found in the rivers and streams of Western Montana that might cause harm to humans--and the extinction of the entire osprey species."-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 10-14.
Grades 7 to 8.