Osprey Adventure

Osprey Adventure
Jennifer Keats Curtis
RRP:
NZ$ 30.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 26.34
Hardback
h228 x 228mm - 30pg
1 Oct 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780870335938
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Osprey Adventure describes the heroics of a boy and his biologist father who save a young osprey from certain death. Young Pete is concerned when he spies a trash bag in an osprey nest. He and his dad boat around the bird' s channel marker and learn that, not only does the raptor' s home contain trash, but one of the fish hawks has become tangled in fishing line and is gravely ill. This story is based on the work of a real hero, Pete McGowan, a U. S. Fish and Wildlife Chesapeake Bay Field Office biologist, who has studied osprey for years. He believes that half or more of all osprey nests on the bay and surrounding rivers contain fishing lines, or similar cordage material. This story describes a big problem among these well-known birds of prey. Happily, ospreys are making a comeback after being nearly eradicated by pesticides in the 1970s, but fishing line and balloon ribbon have become serious threats to the well-being of chicks and adults. Early reader-ages 5-8.
Jennifer Keats Curtis is the author of several well-known children' s books, including Saving Squeak: The Otter Tale; Osprey Adventure; Turtles in My Sandbox; and Baby Owl' s Rescue. Award-winning illustrator Laura Jacques' wildlife books for children include: For the Birds; The Life of Roger Tory Peterson; Baby Owl' s Rescue; and Whistling Wings.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780870335938
Published: 1 Oct 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Schiffer Publishing
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 228mm
Width: 228mm
Weight: 327g
Pages: 30

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