How Long to Read Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest

How Long Does it Take to Read Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 7 minutes to read Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest by Dana Gardner

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

No bird is common, if we use “common” to mean ordinary. But birds that are seen more commonly than others can seem less noteworthy than species that are rarely glimpsed. In this gathering of essays and illustrations celebrating fifty of the most common birds of the Upper Midwest, illustrator Dana Gardner and writer Nancy Overcott encourage us to take a closer look at these familiar birds with renewed appreciation for their not-so-ordinary beauty and lifeways.Beginning with the garishly colored male and the more gently colored female wood duck, whose tree cavity nest serves as a launching pad for ducklings in the summer months, and ending on a bright yellow note with the American goldfinch, whose cheerful presence enlivens the midwestern landscape all year long, Overcott combines field observations drawn from her twenty-plus years of living and birding in Minnesota's Big Woods with anecdotes and data from other ornithologists to portray each species' life cycle, its vocalizations and appearance, and its habitat, food, and foraging methods as well as migration patterns and distribution. Infused with a dedication to conserving natural resources, her succinct yet personable prose forms an ideal complement to Gardner's watercolors as this renowned illustrator of avian life worldwide revisits the birds of his childhood. Together art and text ensure that the wild turkey, great blue heron, sharp-shinned hawk, barred owl, pileated woodpecker, house wren, ovenbird, field sparrow, rose-breasted grosbeak, red-winged blackbird, and forty other species of the Upper Midwest are never seen as common again.

How long is Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest?

Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest by Dana Gardner is 125 pages long, and a total of 31,875 words.

This makes it 42% the length of the average book. It also has 39% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 54 minutes to read Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest aloud.

What Reading Level is Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest?

Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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