Marvels in the Muck: Life in the Salt Marshes
No. of pages 48
Published: 2008
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Stunning photos and expert text reveal the secret lives of salt marshes. Along the coasts, where ocean tides mix salt water with fresh water, nature has created salt marshes soggy places full of natural wonders. For years, salt marshes were maligned, drained, or filled in. Now salt marshes are valued as the home of fascinating wildlife, including more than twenty different species of birds. Ornithologist and photographer Doug Wechsler takes the reader on a down-and-muddy tour of the year-round activity in these wonderlands. Young readers will marvel at the strange and skillful birds and unusual vegetation, beautifully adapted to live and thrive in salt marshes. Kids will appreciate what has taken so long for us to learn: salt marshes are delicate wetlands, well worth defending.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Boyds Mills Press .
Doug Wechsler is Director of Visual Resources for Ornithology (VIREO), the world's largest collection of bird photographs at The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.