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Book

The snowy owl scientist

Call Number

  • J 598.97 WILS (CEN, EAS)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Boston : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]

Physical Description

87 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 x 29 cm

Summary

"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.

Notes

"Arctic owl: where science meets adventure"-- Cover.

Contents

  • 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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