Life of Birds

Name: Life of Birds
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ISBN: 9780691016337

ISBN-10: 069101633X

ISBN-13: 9780691016337

Edition: 1999

Authors: David Attenborough

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Based on the spectacular ten-part program on PBS,The Life of Birdsis David Attenborough at his characteristic best: presenting the drama, beauty, and eccentricities of the natural world with unusual flair and intelligence. The renowned writer and filmmaker treks through rain forests and deserts, through city streets and isolated wilderness, to bring us an illuminating panorama of every aspect of birds' lives--from their songs to their search for food, from their eggs and nests to their mastery of the air. Beautifully illustrated with more than a hundred color photographs, the book will delight and inform both bird lovers and any general reader with an interest in nature. Attenborough…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/18/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.16" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English



Foreword



To Fly or Not to Fly



The Mastery of Flight



The Insatiable Appetite



Meat-Eaters



Fishing For A Living



Signals and Songs



Finding Partners



The Demands of the Egg



The Problems of Parenthood



The Limits of Endurance


Acknowledgments


Index