The Nature Kid's Guide to Pheasants

Whoosh! A flash of copper and green explodes from the tall grass and rockets into the sky at 40 miles per hour. It's a ring-necked pheasant, and it will be back on the ground and hiding before you can blink. Pheasants are way more than the colorful birds at the edge of farm fields. These remarkable birds include species with five-foot tails, feathers that glow like living rainbows, and males so spectacular that scientists named entire species after the people who first brought them to the Western world. "The Nature Kid's Guide to Pheasants" is written for curious kids ages 7 to 12 who want to know what makes these birds so extraordinary. How does a hen pheasant hide so perfectly that researchers have stepped within inches of her without noticing? Why do roosters fight with sharp leg spurs for patches of land? And how does a Himalayan monal glow green, purple, blue, and copper all at once? Short sentences and surprising facts fill every page. Your child will discover that a ring-necked rooster's feathers have over 20 different colors, that pheasants dig into snow on cold nights to block the wind, and that some species are so rare that scientists went 20 years without spotting one in the wild. They'll learn how golden pheasants fan out an orange cape like a striped umbrella to impress a mate, how Reeves's pheasants drag the longest tail feathers in the entire bird world, and how Lady Amherst's pheasant was named after a real woman who sent one to London in the 1800s. A book for every kid who loves birds and is ready to discover the most spectacular ones on the planet. Dazzling feathers, wild escapes, and a whole book full of wild facts your child will want to share. Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Grab a copy, your kid is next!