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Beaks, Bones, and Bird Songs
- Author
- Roger Lederer
- Narrator
- Charles Constant
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 30 May 2017
- Run Time
- 7 hours 23 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Roger Lederer
- Narrator
- Charles Constant
- Duration
- 7 hours 23 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 May 2017
- ISBN
- 9781541475199
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: general interest, Science: general issues, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, Biology, life sciences, Zoology and animal sciences
Synopsis
When we see a bird flying from branch to branch happily chirping, it is easy to imagine they lead a simple life of freedom, flight, and feathers. What we don't see is the arduous, life-threatening challenges they face at every moment. Beaks, Bones, and Bird Songs guides the listener through the myriad, and often almost miraculous, things that birds do every day to merely stay alive. Like the goldfinch, which manages extreme weather changes by doubling the density of its plumage in winter. Or urban birds, which navigate traffic through a keen understanding of posted speed limits. In engaging and accessible prose, Roger Lederer shares how and why birds use their sensory abilities to see ultraviolet, find food without seeing it, fly thousands of miles without stopping, change their songs in noisy cities, navigate by smell, and much more.
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