"A Window Into Migration" Bird Migration and Light Pollution

In October 2024, GVPL hosted "A Window Into Migration," a large scale art installation drawing attention to the impacts of light pollution on bird migrations. Learn more about this important topic from these great reads for all ages!

Updated November 8, 2024
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Bird atlas : amazing facts, fold-out maps, and life-size surprises
De la Bédoyère, Camilla
Paper Book
Take to the skies and meet the world's most amazing birds. Navigate your way across the continents using colour-coded maps and discover birds of prey, birds of paradise, aquatic birds and more. Kids can open full-page gatefolds and lift smaller flaps to reveal surprises and fascinating glimpses...
Birds and us : a 12,000-year history from cave art to conservation
Birkhead, Tim
Paper Book
From award-winning author and ornithologist Tim Birkhead, a sweeping history of the long and close relationship between birds and humans Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art, and...
Circle
Baker, Jeannie
Paper Book
With entrancing collages and lyrical narration, the creator of the acclaimed Mirror follows the epic flight of an extraordinary bird. Each year, bar-tailed godwits undertake the longest unbroken migration of any bird, flying from their breeding grounds in the Arctic to...
Flight paths : how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration
Heisman, Rebecca
Paper Book
"Illuminating. . . . Flight Paths does what only the best science books do: It adds to our knowledge of the world without diminishing its wonder."--Wall Street Journal The captivating, little-known true story of a group of scientists and the methods and technology they developed to uncover...
A season on the wind : inside the world of spring migration
Kaufman, Kenn
Paper Book
A close look at one season in one key site that reveals the amazing science and magic of spring bird migration, and the perils of human encroachment.   Every spring, billions of birds sweep north, driven by ancient instincts to return to their breeding grounds. This...

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