Birdlore: The Iridescent Life of Florence Merriam Bailey immigrants But when she opens her

But when she opens her lunchbox to find her favorite meals--like bao

and the joy of finding treasures in unexpected places

and an I-would-give-you poem

They can even sense the vibrations from a single drop of water falling from the mouth of a drinking wildebeest over sixty feet away

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Birdlore: The Iridescent Life of Florence Merriam Bailey immigrants But when she opens herFrom the author of Shark Lady comes the true story of Florence Merriam Bailey, the groundbreaking scientist who inspired a nation to take up bird watching and worked tirelessly to protect our feathered friends. Before Florence, there was no such thing as "bird watching". Bright plumes on lady's hats were all the rage, but no one was climbing trees or wading through marsh grass to spot the birds they came from. Even scientists studied birds in labs