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Title Statement | What it's like to be a bird: from flying to nesting, eating to singing -- what birds are doing, and why / written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley. |
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Alternative Title(s) | What it is like to be a bird |
Author | Sibley, David, 1961- |
Publication | New York: Alfred A. Knopf,2020.©2020 |
Extent of Item | xxxii, 203 pages |
ISBN | 9780307957894 0307957896 |
Other Number | 3708741 |
General Notes | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
Contents | Preface -- How to use this book -- Introduction -- Portfolio of birds -- Birds in this book -- What to do it... -- Becoming a birder |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203). |
Summary | "Can birds smell?" "Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?" "Do robins 'hear' worms?" 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. Unlike any other book he has written, "What It's Like to Be a Bird" is poised to bring a whole new audience to David Sibley's world of birds. |
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By Topic | Birds |