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Moonbird

a Year on the Wind With the Great Survivor B95
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Apr 17, 2019IndyPL_SteveB rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A surprising and fascinating non-fiction book by National Book Award-winner (and Indiana native) Phillip Hoose. This is aimed at middle grades, but would be interesting to anyone fascinated by birds. B95 is the label on the band attached…
Dec 11, 2015RPYouthLibrarian rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Man of Steel move over...there is a new superhero up in the skies and he is B95, a rufa red knot, a migratory shore bird who flies some 9,000 miles every year from his wintering grounds at the tip of South America to his breeding grounds…
Oct 24, 2015BabyDuck68 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
For those who don't know, as of 2015 Moonbird is still alive and traveling. I believe he was spotted this year on the east coast. His tag is fading, though, but still readable.
Nov 29, 2014
Every year, the rufa red knots fly from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, at the southernmost point of South America and back. B95—nicknamed Moonbird because he has flown the distance to the moon and halfway back!—was banded in 1995 and is…
May 14, 2013JCLStefanieE rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Read with a "Wild America" tone. The story is about a fascinating species of shorebird that travels a distance equivalent to going to the Moon during their lifetime.
Mar 15, 2013
Prepare to be in awe of this tiny creature, who weighs merely ounces and has survived 19 years on Planet Earth migrating each year from the southern most tip of South America to Canada. This magnificent little bird, a rufa red knot with…
Jan 16, 2013CRRL_AngelaCritics rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Moonbird, by Phillip Hoose, is the story of an incredible bird, B95. Through his story, we learn about an amazing species of tiny shore bird, the Rufa Red Knot. The size of a robin, this bird has one of the longest distance migrations of…