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Swoop and Soar: How Science Rescued Two Osprey Orphans and Found Them a New Family in the Wild

Deborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp

Ages: 9+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Persnickety Press/WunderMill

ISBN: 978-1943978564

Keywords: osprey, birding, ecology, wildlife centers

A raptor biologist rescues and cares for two young osprey chicks until they can be adopted by adult birds. Beautiful color photographs.