Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Ebook20 pages18 minutes
Remarkable Birds
By John Farndon and Cristina Portolano
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Meet some of the most interesting birds on Earth, and learn about their remarkable abilities—from elaborate nest-building and singing to logical thinking and language skills. Discover how these fascinating birds and others use their smarts and skills to thrive in diverse environments.
Author
John Farndon
John Farndon is a Royal Literary Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, and the author of a huge number of books for adults and children on science, history, technology and nature, including such international best-sellers as Do Not Open and Do You Think You're Clever?
Read more from John Farndon
The Rise of Civilization: First Cities and Empires Megafast Trucks Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMegafast Motorcycles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStickmen's Guide to Aircraft Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Live Like an Aztec Priest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Live Like a Samurai Warrior Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStickmen's Guide to Engineering Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMegafast Cars Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Stickmen's Guide to Math Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStrange Medicine: A History of Medical Remedies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stickmen's Guide to Your Brilliant Brain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStickmen's Guide to Your Mighty Muscles and Bones Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Live Like an Egyptian Mummy Maker Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStickmen's Guide to Trains and Automobiles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIncredible Bugs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTiny Killers: When Bacteria and Viruses Attack Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat Do We Know About Stars and Galaxies? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStickmen's Guide to Watercraft Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5How to Live Like a Caribbean Pirate Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Plague!: Epidemics and Scourges Through the Ages Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Amazing Land Animals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuacks and Con Artists: The Dubious History of Doctors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExtreme Earthquakes and Tsunamis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMarine Superstars Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStickmen's Guide to Your Gurgling Guts Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Extreme Volcanoes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStickmen's Guide to Gigantic Machines Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStickmen's Guide to Your Beating Heart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Remarkable Birds
Related ebooks
Fun Bird Facts for Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFun Bird Facts for Kids: Fun Animal Facts For Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInsects and Arachnids : Animal Books for Kids | Children's Animal Books Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Zoo Just for You!: The Aviary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhy Frogs Are Wet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Weird Birds Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fun Reptile Facts for Kids 9-12 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIncredible Bugs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of California Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDucks: Tending a Small-Scale Flock for Pleasure and Profit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWings: Birds, Bees, Biplanes, and Other Things With Wings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmazing Land Animals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAttracting Hummingbirds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTurtles, Frogs, Snakes and Lizards | Children's Science & Nature Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnusual Creatures: A Mostly Accurate Account of Some of Earth's Strangest Animals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dancing Bees and Other Amazing Communicators Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe World's Most Beautiful Birds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKnow-It-Alls! Birds of Prey Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Grand Grasshoppers: A 4D Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Big, Bad Book of Beasts: The World's Most Curious Creatures Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDinosaurs And The Birds: Amazing Animals Adventure Series, #4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChirp, Chirp!: Crickets in Your Backyard Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe World's Weirdest Animals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKnow-It-Alls! Frogs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of New York City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExtreme Nature Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5World's Weirdest Reptiles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife-Size Birds: The Big Book of North American Birds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings101 Amazing Facts About Insects: ...and other arthropods Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCrows Hate People! And Other Strange Facts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Children's Animals For You
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Horse and His Boy: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mr. Popper's Penguins Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crabby the Crab Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prince Caspian: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Brave Like a Bee: Bedtime Stories for Children, Bedtime Stories for Kids, Children’s Books Ages 3 - 5, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stuart Little Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bear Went Over the Mountain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silver Chair: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Amari and the Night Brothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last Battle: The Classic Fantasy Adventure Series (Official Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Jealous Lion: Bedtime Stories for Children, Bedtime Stories for Kids, Children’s Books Ages 3 - 5, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Velveteen Rabbit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Winnie-the-Pooh Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Into the Wild: Warriors #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Frog and Toad: A Little Book of Big Thoughts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bad Kitty Gets a Bath Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The One and Only Bob Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pete the Kitty: Ready, Set, Go-Cart! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Wind in the Willows - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shiloh Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dealing with Dragons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pete the Kitty and the Unicorn's Missing Colors Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
House Sparrow 0% found this document usefulEp. 52 - Who's Your Daddy (Longlegs)?: Are daddy longlegs really the most poisonous animals in the world? 0% found this document usefulEp. 57 - Mockingbirds Gonna Mock 0% found this document usefulBirds of Paradise Mating Rituals 0% found this document usefulEpisode 187: The Praying Mantis and the Cockroach 0% found this document usefulQuails of the New World 0% found this document useful
Related articles
How Many Muscles Are In An Elephant’s Trunk? BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
How Many Muscles Are In An Elephant’s Trunk?
Oct 21, 2021
4 min readQ&A BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q&A
May 6, 2021
6 min readQ&A BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q&A
Jan 11, 2024
4 min readQ&A BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q&A
May 7, 2020
Charles Darwin travelled the world, but also spent countless hours observing nature in Britain (see p12). One common wildflower in his garden and local woods long perplexed him. Why did primroses appear in two quite different forms? So-called ‘pin’ t
6 min readMuse News Muse: The magazine of science, culture, and smart laughs for kids and childrenArticle
Muse News
Feb 1, 2022
2 min readQ&A BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q&A
Jun 3, 2021
6 min readQ&A BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q&A
Apr 8, 2021
4 min readAin’t Nobody BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Ain’t Nobody
Mar 9, 2023
The popular naturalist, author and TV presenter reveals a secret world of overlooked wildlife ACAREFUL HUNT THROUGH AND AROUND the algae, silt and rocks in a rockpool may turn up a very strange creature indeed. Looking a bit like a child’s crude atte
2 min readQ&A With Stuart Blackman BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q&A With Stuart Blackman
Sep 21, 2023
5 min readOur Feathered Friends The American ScholarArticle
Our Feathered Friends
Jun 1, 2020
4 min readQ&A BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q&A
Feb 13, 2020
5 min readQ&A BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q&A
Oct 22, 2020
6 min readAll About Amphibians Amateur GardeningArticle
All About Amphibians
Mar 21, 2023
2 min readQ&A BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q&A
Nov 19, 2020
6 min readThe Guinea Fowl You South AfricaArticle
The Guinea Fowl
Jul 2, 2021
2 min readBATS Mystical And Misunderstood Kruger MagazineArticle
BATS Mystical And Misunderstood
Sep 16, 2021
6 min readQ&A BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q&A
Mar 11, 2021
5 min readQ&A BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q&A
Jun 1, 2023
4 min readMuse News Muse: The magazine of science, culture, and smart laughs for kids and childrenArticle
Muse News
Nov 1, 2023
3 min readGood Vibrations BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Good Vibrations
May 4, 2023
2 min readQ& A BBC Wildlife MagazineArticle
Q& A
Jan 14, 2021
4 min readGet to Know Your Neighbors, The Bats MOTHER EARTH NEWSArticle
Get to Know Your Neighbors, The Bats
May 12, 2023
6 min readDiminishing Sagebrush Superstar BirdWatchingArticle
Diminishing Sagebrush Superstar
Aug 7, 2021
8 min readSky Dancer BirdWatchingArticle
Sky Dancer
Feb 6, 2021
4 min readSeaside SWITCH Total GirlArticle
Seaside SWITCH
Jul 10, 2022
1 min readHuman Tendencies: Some of our most cherished traits are shared by other animals—and even plants. NautilusArticle
Human Tendencies: Some of our most cherished traits are shared by other animals—and even plants.
Apr 29, 2013
2 min readThe Explainer Bees BBC Science Focus MagazineArticle
The Explainer Bees
Jul 6, 2023
7 min read10 Evolutionary Weirdos How It WorksArticle
10 Evolutionary Weirdos
Jun 11, 2020
7 min readBird Pirates Strike Again! Spider Magazine Stories, Games, Activites and Puzzles for Children and KidsArticle
Bird Pirates Strike Again!
Sep 1, 2022
PIRACY IS NOT just for hook-handed humans who sail the seas. When one animal steals food from another, biologists call it kleptoparasitism. (The Greek root klepto means “to steal.”) Some spiders, fish, reptiles, and mammals practice piracy, but the m
2 min readNosy News Ask Science and Arts Magazine for Kids and ChildrenArticle
Nosy News
Feb 1, 2020
Electric eels are long, snake-shaped fish that live in South America. They use electrical shocks to kill their prey. Scientists thought there was only one species of electric eel. But then the eels gave them a shock. Researchers studied 107 electric
1 min read
Reviews for Remarkable Birds
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Remarkable Birds - John Farndon
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1