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The snowy owl scientist / text and photos by Mark Wilson.
"It's July on Alaska's North Slope, and scientist Denver Holt is in Utqiagvik surveying nests. Denver has been coming here since 1992, and the snowy owls he studies have been coming here much longer: thousands of years. With its mix of coastal, low-elevation tundra and a rich presence of lemmings, the North Slope is the only area in Alaska where snowy owls regularly nest. How do snowy owls decide where they will nest? How do they manage to arrive at locations where food will be abundant? What drives the success of these delicate tundra ecosystems? These are the mysteries Denver is trying to solve to help ensure a bright future for these elegant hunters." -- Amazon.com.
Venture into the Alaskan arctic to learn about snowy owls.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780358329596
- ISBN: 0358329590
- Physical Description: 87 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Boston : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Arctic owl: where science meets adventure"-- Cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 85) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Gear up! -- The nomads arrive -- Who's nesting? -- Counting avinnaq -- Checking on chicks -- Photography quietly, using a long lens -- The owl chick heist -- Strike up the bands -- Tracking owls -- The nomads depart -- A warming Arctic -- What you can do -- Glossary. |
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| Genre: | Juvenile works. Instructional and educational works. Illustrated works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | J 598.97 WIL (Text) | 000167646 | Children's Library -- Nonfiction | Available | - |
The Snowy Owl Scientist
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Summary
The Snowy Owl Scientist
Are the snowy owls in trouble Venture into the Alaskan arctic and the summer realm of these predator birds to find out. Discover the diverse species necessary to owl survival, how climate change is affecting the landscape of their nesting site of past millennia, and what it takes to do field research in this action-packed addition to the award-winning Scientists in the Field series. It's July on Alaska's North Slope, and scientist Denver Holt is in Utqiagvik surveying nests. Denver has been coming here since 1992, and the snowy owls he studies have been coming here much longer: thousands of years. With its mix of coastal, low-elevation tundra and a rich presence of lemmings, the North Slope is the only area in Alaska where snowy owls regularly nest. How do snowy owls decide where they will nest How do they manage to arrive at locations where food will be abundant What drives the success of these delicate tundra ecosystems These are the mysteries Denver is trying to solve to help ensure a bright future for these elegant hunters.
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