sea birds

Discusses the physical characteristics and habits of the endangered Least Terns and describes the Maine beach where they spend the summer and raise their young, alongside their human neighbors.

An ivory gull carved by Ezra Brown in 1832 brings luck to four generations of his family as they travel on the seas and in the air.

A journal of the author's observations and adventures while working on a research vessel counting seabirds through Alaska's Aleutian Island chain.

A lyrical introduction to the sea, its inhabitants, and its role in the world around it. Includes facts about the ecosystems of oceans and shorelines.

Sophie works as a field biologist and naturalist specializing in birds aboard a ship bound for deep ocean waters to study, paint, and record sightings of whales, leaping manta rays, and other marine life.

Illustrations and text show how the marbled murrelet, a sea bird, make their nests and raise their chicks inland, hundreds of feet above ground, before they fly back and forth over the Pacific Ocean.

Describes the behavior, habitat, and physical characteristics of the birds that live in Antarctica.