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Montgomery, Sy.
Nature.
Ecology.
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The wild out your window : exploring nature near at hand / Sy Montgomery.
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Montgomery, Sy.
Down East Books, 2002.
Call #:
508
M788w
Subjects
Nature.
Ecology.
ISBN:
9780892725755 (pbk)
0892725753 (pbk)
Description:
250 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Spring: Moss -- Crazy as a March hare -- Vernal pools -- Flowers that stink -- Salamander rains -- The little gentleman in black velvet -- Woodpecking -- Asian plant twins -- Voles -- Vultures -- Plants that eat animals.
Summer: The watchable woodchuck -- Monsters at the pond -- Alpine wildflowers -- A river walk on cobble and sandbar -- Lawn grass -- Wild berries -- Hitchhiking the gulf stream -- Disappearing bees -- Plants' healing poisons -- The world between sand grains -- Letting the coyote stay wild -- The habitat of the water lily -- The startling beauty of underwing moths.
Autumn: Hatchling snappers -- Milkweed -- Mysteries of the monarch's migration -- Voices of courage in the night -- Swarming ladybugs -- Effects of a sparse acorn year -- How migrating birds change their lives -- Migrating north- to stay -- Bucks in love -- Mammals on the move -- Tracking the vanished glacier -- How bluejays replanted northern oak forests.
Winter: Bird irruptions -- Yikes!... Shrikes! -- Otters -- The not-so-private life of pigeons -- Canned wildlife -- Where do bugs go in winter? -- Ice storm -- Fishers stage a comeback -- Holly's holy heritage -- Ravens -- Ermine -- Of mice, moths, and men -- Animals that aren't.
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