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Shorebirds: A Compare and Contrast Book  |
Not to be confused with seabirds or waterbirds, shorebirds can be found anywhere from the ocean to the mountains. They’ll be on the shores of, or in marshes and grasslands near, the ocean, rivers, or lakes. These mighty migrators travel back and forth between summer breeding grounds and non-breeding grounds. Some shorebirds travel to and from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic each year! They have special “rest stops” during their migration where they eat and rest for the remainder of their trip. They may dig a nest into the shore’s sand, mud, or rocks. Each shorebird has a unique bill to find its specific food. Learn how these fascinating birds are alike and different in this latest title in the Compare and Contrast series. Written by Sharon Dorsey
32 pg, Ages 5-9, Grades 1-4, Lexile: 970L
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| Animals in the book: shorebirds; American Avocet, American Golden-Plover, American Oystercatcher, American Woodcock, Black Oystercatcher, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Dunlin, Eurasian Dotterel, Greater Yellowlegs, Killdeer, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marbled Godwit, Piping Plover, Red Knot, Red Phalarope, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Semipalmated Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher, Snowy Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Willet, Wilson's Plover |
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| Vetters: Thanks to Arne J. Lesterhuis, Senior Shorebird Conservation Specialist, Manomet, Inc. / Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) for verifying the accuracy of the information in this book. |
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Author/Illustrator Info:
Sharon Dorsey is an urban naturalist, birder, hiker, and educator based in Baltimore. She loves exposing people to the beauty and ecological functions of nature in their own backyard. With an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science and a Masters in Fish and Wildlife Conservation, she has worked with student groups, non-profit organizations and professional research societies. She is always seeking new projects to get involved with that are mutually beneficial to her learning and sharing her expertise with others. Some notable projects include producing an autobiographical documentary about her fieldwork experiences as a Black woman researching the piping plover in Long Island; contributing a short story to “Been Outside: Adventures of Black Women, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming People in Nature;” and serving on the planning committee for Black In Environment, an organization illuminating Black excellence in environmental fields. This is her debut picture book.
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