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Woodpeckers : drilling holes and bagging bugs / written and photographed by Sneed B. Collard, III.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Missoula, Montana : Bucking Horse Books, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780984446094
  • 0984446095
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
What's a woodp-p-p-p-ecker? -- It's a peck-peck-pecking machine -- Eating like you mean it -- Birds with cavities -- woodpecker real estate -- Would you like that tree soft, medium, or hard? -- Woodpeckers abroad -- Heavy metal drumming -- woodpecker communication -- Woodpecker families -- Sapsuckers -- slurping sap and taking names -- Lewis's woodpeckers -- eating on the fly -- Black-backed woodpeckers -- burning down the house -- Gila woodpeckers -- showing some spine -- Vanishing woodpeckers -- Lost treasures? Ivory billed and imperial woodpeckers -- Speaking -- and acting -- up for woodpeckers.
Summary: If you see a bird standing on the side of a tree banging its beak against the trunk, chances are you're watching a woodpecker. Woodpeckers not only dazzle us with their good looks and personality, they exhibit some of the most interesting behaviors in the animal world. Explore this dynamic, exciting group of birds with award-winning children's science writer Sneed B. Collard III. Discover what scientists have learned about woodpeckers, why woodpeckers drill into trees, and the best way to serve ants at your next sleep-over. Be forewarned: the more you read, the faster woodpeckers will peck their way into your imagination! --dust jacket.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 598.72 C697 Available 33111008907814
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 598.72 C697 Available 33111009230802
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If you see a bird standing on the side of a tree banging its beak against the trunk, chances are you�re watching a woodpecker. Woodpeckers not only dazzle us with their good looks and personality, they exhibit some of the most interesting behaviors in the animal world. Explore this dynamic, exciting group of birds with award-winning children�s science writer Sneed B. Collard III. Discover what scientists have learned about woodpeckers, why woodpeckers drill into trees, and the best way to serve ants at your next sleep-over. Spectacular photographs will help ensure that these birds drill deep into your imagination.

Includes index.

If you see a bird standing on the side of a tree banging its beak against the trunk, chances are you're watching a woodpecker. Woodpeckers not only dazzle us with their good looks and personality, they exhibit some of the most interesting behaviors in the animal world. Explore this dynamic, exciting group of birds with award-winning children's science writer Sneed B. Collard III. Discover what scientists have learned about woodpeckers, why woodpeckers drill into trees, and the best way to serve ants at your next sleep-over. Be forewarned: the more you read, the faster woodpeckers will peck their way into your imagination! --dust jacket.

What's a woodp-p-p-p-ecker? -- It's a peck-peck-pecking machine -- Eating like you mean it -- Birds with cavities -- woodpecker real estate -- Would you like that tree soft, medium, or hard? -- Woodpeckers abroad -- Heavy metal drumming -- woodpecker communication -- Woodpecker families -- Sapsuckers -- slurping sap and taking names -- Lewis's woodpeckers -- eating on the fly -- Black-backed woodpeckers -- burning down the house -- Gila woodpeckers -- showing some spine -- Vanishing woodpeckers -- Lost treasures? Ivory billed and imperial woodpeckers -- Speaking -- and acting -- up for woodpeckers.

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