Title:
One wild bird at a time : portraits of individual lives
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Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Physical Description:
ix, 210 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780544387638
Abstract:
In One Wild Bird at a Time, Heinrich shares his great love: close, day-to-day observations of individual wild birds. There are countless books on bird behavior, but Heinrich argues that some of the most amazing bird behaviors fall below the radar of what most birds do in aggregate. Heinrich's passionate observations superbly mix memoir and science and lead to fascinating questions - and sometimes startling discoveries.
Contents:
Flickersvin the house -- A quintet of crows -- Getting to know a starling -- Woodpecker with a drum -- Barred owl talking -- Hawk tablecloths -- Vireo birth control -- Nuthatch homemaking -- Blue jays in touch -- Chickadees in winter -- Redpolls tunneling in snow -- Tracking grouse in winter -- Crested flycatcher's nest helpers -- Red-winged blackbirds returning -- Phoebe seasons -- Evening grosbeaks -- Audience to a woodcock.
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Language:
English
