RSPB Birds: Their Hidden World
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2012
Bloomsbury Natural History (Verlag)
978-1-4081-5262-1 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Natural History (Verlag)
978-1-4081-5262-1 (ISBN)
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This lively and attractive new book aims to give readers a broad understanding of 'how
birds work' from their physical make-up to courtship and breeding,
social activity and their spread and travels.
Even if you are an enthusiastic bird watcher, the details of how birds fly, why they behave as they do, how they breed and their extraordinary travels can seem very mysterious.
This lively new book aims to give readers a broad understanding of 'how birds work' from their physical make-up to courtship and breeding, social activity and their spread and travels. Readers will be able to interpret the kind of bird activity and behaviour that they see and hear in their gardens as well as in the wider countryside and on nature reserves.
Designed for the general interest reader and written in a lively and accessible style, the book is presented as a series of beautifully illustrated page spreads, enhanced by fully captioned photographs and with case studies of individual species of British and European birds.
birds work' from their physical make-up to courtship and breeding,
social activity and their spread and travels.
Even if you are an enthusiastic bird watcher, the details of how birds fly, why they behave as they do, how they breed and their extraordinary travels can seem very mysterious.
This lively new book aims to give readers a broad understanding of 'how birds work' from their physical make-up to courtship and breeding, social activity and their spread and travels. Readers will be able to interpret the kind of bird activity and behaviour that they see and hear in their gardens as well as in the wider countryside and on nature reserves.
Designed for the general interest reader and written in a lively and accessible style, the book is presented as a series of beautifully illustrated page spreads, enhanced by fully captioned photographs and with case studies of individual species of British and European birds.
Peter Holden has written nine books, including the bestselling RSPB Handbook of British Birds and the acclaimed RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife. He worked for the RSPB for more than 40 years.
Introduction
Chapter 1 The egg
Chapter 2 The nest
Chapter 3 Territory
Chapter 4 Breeding behaviour
Chapter 5 Communal living
Chapter 6 Flocking
Chapter 7 Hands on
Chapter 8 Choosing and keeping a mate
Chapter 9 Song calls
Chapter 10 The juvenile years
Chapter 11 Survival and longevity
Chapter 12 Population
Chapter 13 Migration and movements
Chapter 14 Feeding
Chapter 15 Roosting
Chapter 16 Birds and weather
Chapter 17 Plumage and moult
Chapter 18 Flight
Chapter 19 Feathers
Chapter 20 Vision
Chapter 21 Names of birds
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.2.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | RSPB |
| Zusatzinfo | 350 full colour photos |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 491 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4081-5262-2 / 1408152622 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4081-5262-1 / 9781408152621 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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