
BirdNote
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Emily Poole is a freelance illustrator, born and raised in the mountain town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Illustration and is currently located in Eugene, Oregon. She has created work for the Teton Raptor Center, World Wildlife Fund Guyana, and the National Museum of Wildlife Art.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The BirdNote Story
- Ptarmigan in Winter
- Why Do Chickadees Come and Go?
- Spruce Grouse, Adapted for the Boreal Forest
- An Albatross Surfs the Wind
- Northern Goshawk, Esteemed Bird of Prey
- Beak Meets Sunflower Seed
- Anna's Hummingbirds Winter in the North
- The Secretive Varied Thrush
- Snowy Owls Are Here
- Sanderlings' Twinkle of Black Feet
- Hawk of the Prairie and Tundra
- Why Birds Stand on One Leg
- A Crossbill's Beak Does the Job
- The Hardy Harlequin
- Bohemian Waxwings: Exquisite Winter Visitors
- Goldeneyes and Whistling Wings
- The Majestic Gyrfalcon, Winter's Regal Visitor
- Leaping Sandhill Cranes
- Woodpeckers Ants
- Ruffed Grouse Drumming in the Forest
- The Aquatic American Dipper
- Storks and Babies
- Pigeon Babies Do Exist
- Spider Silk and Bird Nests
- Bushtit, a Very Tiny Songbird
- Acorn Woodpeckers Create Granaries, One Acorn at a Time
- Eurasian Collared-Doves' Sense of Direction
- Which Jay Was That?
- What in the World Is a Hoopoe?
- Red-winged Blackbird Harem
- Earthworm, a Superfood in Cold Storage
- Ravens and Crows-Who's Who?
- Double-crested Cormorant
- The Ballet of the Grebes
- American Kestrel
- Small Birds Mob Big Ones
- Green Heron
- How the Cactus Wren Builds Its Nest
- The Little Red Spot on a Gull's Bill
- The Superbly Adapted Osprey
- Why the Black Skimmer Skims
- The Marsh Wren's Many Nests
- Downy Woodpecker, Far and Wide
- Tree Swallows and Feathers, an Aerial Ballet
- Blakiston's Fish Owl
- California Quail, Up and Running
- Clever Nuthatches
- King Penguins' Kazoo Band
- Anting: An Avian Spa Treatment?
- Ruby-throated Hummingbirds Have Arrived
- The Baltimore Oriole, a Blackbird with an Aristocratic Name
- House Sparrow Pool Party
- The Amazing, Head-Turning Owl
- A Chorus Line of Bonaparte's Gulls
- Lewis's Woodpecker and Pine Forests
- Hovering with Horned Larks
- Crow Parents
- Loons Go Fishing
- Cattle Egret-You've Got a Friend in Me
- Cuckoos Eat Hairy Tent Caterpillars
- Common Nighthawk, Uncommon Sound
- Chasing the Roadrunner
- The Bubbly Bobolink
- Red-necked Phalaropes, Spinners on the Sea
- Mississippi Kite
- Sparrows Kick, Robins Pick
- Bald Eagle, National Symbol
- The Golden One
- Gray Jay, Picnic Bird
- Many, Many Cliff Swallows
- Outrageous Legs
- Burrowing Belted Kingfisher
- Barn Swallow, Natural Pest Control
- The Barred Owl Calls
- Olive-sided Flycatcher: "Quick, Three Beers"
- How Birds Drink
- Great Blue Heron, Alone Again
- Autumnal Equinox
- The Oystercatcher's World
- Common Murres, Nature's Laugh Track
- Swifts Roost by the Thousands
- Why Geese Fly in V-Formation
- Why Is Bird Poop White?
- The Spectacular and Endangered California Condor
- The Lowly Starling
- Eastern Whip-poor-will-Bird of the Night Side of the Woods
- The Eyes of an Owl
- Freeway Hawks
- The Crows' Night Roost
- Chorus Line in the Sky
- Do Canada Geese Migrate?
- Ring-necked Pheasants in the Wild
- "Fly Me to the Moon," the Story of a Red Knot
- Everybody Knows a Mallard
- Ducks: Diving and Dabbling
- How Brown Pelicans Dive
- Carrier Pigeons Go to War
- Reddish Egret, Lagoon Dancer
- A Blizzard of Snow Geese
- Northern Cardinal, Star of Holiday Cards and Team Jerseys
- Acknowledgments
- The BirdNote Team
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