What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing - What Birds Are Doing, and Why
by SIBLEY, David Allen
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0307957896
- ISBN 13
- 9780307957894
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Synopsis
In What It’s Like to Be a Bird, David Sibley answers the most frequently asked questions about the birds we see most often. This special, large-format volume is geared as much to nonbirders as it is to the out-and-out obsessed, covering more than two hundred species and including more than 330 new illustrations by the author. While its focus is on familiar backyard birds—blue jays, nuthatches, chickadees—it also examines certain species that can be fairly easily observed, such as the seashore-dwelling Atlantic puffin. David Sibley’s exacting artwork and wide-ranging expertise bring observed behaviors vividly to life. (For most species, the primary illustration is reproduced life-sized.) And while the text is aimed at adults—including fascinating new scientific research on the myriad ways birds have adapted to environmental changes—it is nontechnical, making it the perfect occasion for parents and grandparents to share their love of birds with young children, who will delight in the big, full-color illustrations of birds in action.
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- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88178
- Title
- What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing - What Birds Are Doing, and Why
- Author
- SIBLEY, David Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0307957896
- ISBN 13
- 9780307957894
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2021
- Keywords
- 0307957896
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