Breathtaking BirdsNew Leaf Publishing Group, 2006 M02 15 - 79 páginas Ages 9 to 12 years. This book features 30 creatures, complete with full-page colour photographs and facts about their habits, habitats, special designs, and created purpose. All ages will enjoy this entertaining book. |
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... inches ( 36 cm ) LIFE SPAN : Oldest known 3-4 years SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURE : The arctic tern was created with exceptional migratory instincts taking it on a journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back every year . DID YOU KNOW ...
... inches ( 36 cm ) LIFE SPAN : Oldest known 3-4 years SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURE : The arctic tern was created with exceptional migratory instincts taking it on a journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back every year . DID YOU KNOW ...
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... inches ( 30 cm ) SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURE : The puffin has backward pointing spikes inside the beak to help hold its food . DID YOU KNOW ? Puffins live in the cold arctic waters and they rarely come on land except to lay their eggs ...
... inches ( 30 cm ) SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURE : The puffin has backward pointing spikes inside the beak to help hold its food . DID YOU KNOW ? Puffins live in the cold arctic waters and they rarely come on land except to lay their eggs ...
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... inches ( 85-105 cm ) WING SPAN : up to 8 feet ( 2.45 m ) LIFE SPAN : 25-30 years SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURE : Eagles possess both monocular and binocular vision with incredible eyesight . DID YOU KNOW ? On June 20 , 1798 , the bald eagle ...
... inches ( 85-105 cm ) WING SPAN : up to 8 feet ( 2.45 m ) LIFE SPAN : 25-30 years SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURE : Eagles possess both monocular and binocular vision with incredible eyesight . DID YOU KNOW ? On June 20 , 1798 , the bald eagle ...
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... inches above the water , " skimming " the surface , with the lower mandible cutting into the water . In this manner , it feeds on fish and other small aquatic creatures . Strong neck muscles help snap the prey out of the water . The ...
... inches above the water , " skimming " the surface , with the lower mandible cutting into the water . In this manner , it feeds on fish and other small aquatic creatures . Strong neck muscles help snap the prey out of the water . The ...
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... inches ( 105-135 cm ) WEIGHT : 15-31 pounds ( 7-14 kg ) LIFE SPAN : 15-25 years SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURE : Pelicans use their pouch to catch fish , not to carry them . They can scoop up more than two gallons ( 8 liters ) of water in their ...
... inches ( 105-135 cm ) WEIGHT : 15-31 pounds ( 7-14 kg ) LIFE SPAN : 15-25 years SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURE : Pelicans use their pouch to catch fish , not to carry them . They can scoop up more than two gallons ( 8 liters ) of water in their ...
Contenido
Osprey | 45 |
Ostrich | 47 |
Pileated Woodpecker | 49 |
Ptarmigan | 51 |
Rainbow Lorikeet | 53 |
Roadrunner | 55 |
Rubythroated Hummingbird | 57 |
Secretary Bird | 59 |
Common Raven | 27 |
Common Snipe | 29 |
Emperor Penguin | 31 |
Great Blue Heron | 33 |
Great Cormonrant | 35 |
Greater Flamingo | 37 |
Great Horned Owl | 39 |
Hoatzin | 41 |
Laughing Kookaburra | 43 |
Sulfurcrested Cockatoo | 61 |
Toco Toucan | 63 |
Turkey Vulture | 65 |
Wild Turkey | 67 |
Wood Duck | 69 |
Intelligent Design | 71 |
Bibliography | 79 |
Términos y frases comunes
20 years SPECIAL air sacs approximately archaeopteryx arctic tern Australia beak bill bird's Black Skimmer blue heron body brain breeding season brown pelican called Canada geese Canada Goose cassowary catch chicks claws color cormorant Creation Ex Nihilo dark dinosaur dive eagle emperor penguin enemies evolution evolutionists eyes feed the young female lays fish flight flocks geese Greater Flamingo ground hatch head hoatzin horned owl hunt inches insects km/h KNOW kookaburra leave the nest legs LENGTH live loon male mate migrate neck North America numbers osprey ostrich ounces parents feed parrot perch pileated woodpecker plumage pounds predators primary feathers ptarmigan puffin raven reptiles roadrunner roost secretary bird sharp skin snakes sound SPECIAL DESIGN FEATURE species swallow swim Toco Toucan toes tongue tree Turkey Vulture underwater upper usually webbed feet weeks WEIGHT wild turkey WING SPAN wood duck
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Página 9 - Saviour : knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming .' for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of Opd the heavens were of old...
Página 7 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that they are without excuse. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations. and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible...
Página 8 - But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear...
Página 9 - But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Página 7 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Página 7 - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Página 9 - O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called ; which some professing have erred concerning the faith.
Página 9 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water, and in the water...
Página 27 - Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Página 71 - In spite of some paleontologists' desperate pleas for us to accept through faith the dinosaurian origin of birds, and therefore the ground-up origin of avian flight, the details of the origin of birds remain elusive after more than a hundred and fifty years.