Appreciating Winter | Stratford STEM High

1) Winter world: the ingenuity of animal survival

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"One of the most interesting discoveries I've seen in animal sociobiology in years." —E.O. Wilson
Why do ravens, generally understood to be solitary creatures, share food between each other during winter? On the surface, there didn't appear to be any biological or evolutionary imperative behind the raven's willingness to share. The more Bernd Heinrich observed their habits, the more odd the bird's behavior became. What...

3) Exploring nature in winter: a guide to activities, adventures, and projects for the winter naturalist

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Cvancara, Alan M

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Naturalist's bookshelf

4) Winterland: create a beautiful garden for every season

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Rees, Cathy

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The dramatic stillness of the garden in winter presents abundant opportunities to deepen our connection with nature. Rees invites you to explore and create rich and compelling all-season environments, from positioning a distinctive tree to capture the first rays of a December sunrise to reconceiving the flow of an entire landscape -- adapted from back cover

5) Winter tree finder: a manual for identifying deciduous trees in winter

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Watts, May Theilgaard

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Learn to identify trees in winter, by their twigs and other features, with this key to native and commonly introduced deciduous trees of the U.S. and Canada east of the Rockies.--Information taken from back of book.

6) Weeds in winter

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Brown, Lauren

7) A guide to nature in winter: northeast and north central North America

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Stokes, Donald W

8) The garden in winter: plant for beauty and interest in the quiet season

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Bales, Suzanne Frutig

9) Birds in Winter: Surviving the Most Challenging Season

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Pasquier, Roger F

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How birds have evolved and adapted to survive winter
Birds in Winter is the first book devoted to the ecology and behavior of birds during this most challenging season. Birds remaining in regions with cold weather must cope with much shorter days to find food and shelter even as they need to avoid predators and stay warm through the long nights, while migrants to the tropics must fit into very different ecosystems and communities

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10) Winterlust: Finding Beauty in the Fiercest Season

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Brunner, Bernd

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"Mr. Brunner's winning book is a reassuring, nostalgic reminder that winter is the season of both play and regeneration."—Wall Street Journal

In Winterlust, a farmer painstakingly photographs five thousand snowflakes, each one dramatically different from the next. Indigenous peoples thrive on frozen terrain, where famous explorers perish. Icicles reach deep underwater, then explode. Rooms warmed by crackling fires fill

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