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A combination of humor and artistry presents the facts on pigeons.

Part field guide, part history, part ornithology primer, and altogether fun. Fact: Pigeons are amazing, and until recently, humans adored them. We've kept them as pets, held pigeon beauty contests, raced them, used them to carry messages over battlefields, harvested their poop to fertilize our crops-and cooked them in gourmet dishes. Now, with The Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching, readers can rediscover the wonder. Equal parts illustrated field...

This book will delight young readers as they learn about the homing pigeon's Awesome Animal Power. Basic information is covered, such as life cycle, range, diet, predators, and threats. Table of contents, body diagram, map, fun facts, facts page, glossary, and index are included.

Mrs. Noah nurses injured birds and brings them on board the ark when the heavy rains come, saving a special mission for the doves.

A pigeon carrying an important message takes the reader on a unique tour which includes both ancient and modern parts of the city of Rome.

Assisted by her cat Max and her friend Cash, Minnie tries to find Mary Moon, a valuable racing pigeon that has disappeared just before a big race.

"While selecting her trained carrier pigeons for missions to aid the Belgian resistance, Olive Bright must also investigate the suspicious death of an instructor at a top-secret training school."-- Provided by publisher.

In a flock of "perfectly same" pigeons, one member redefines perfection, demonstrating the joys of being unique.

Combines photographs and facts about pigeons with a fiction story in which cadet Pidge Pigeon's skills are tested when Commander Cooper entrusts him with the job of delivering invitations to the graduation ceremony. Includes a speed reading segment, a quiz, and a glossary.

Pigeons are a fixture of city landscapes. This resource explains and compares city and wild habitats, and draws parallels between the lives of city pigeons and their wild relatives. Each chapter describes a part of the pigeon's life cycle, habitat, or diet, as well as how pigeons and people affect one another's lives.