2006, ISBN: 0811701417

[EAN: 9780811701419], [SC: 35.17], [PU: Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2006.], BEHAVIOUR BIOLOGY BIRD BREEDING NESTS NORTH AMERICA REPRODUCTION ZZ_GALLERY_NEW ZZ_INPRINT ZZ_R_NORTH, Jack… Meer...

[EAN: 9780811701419], [SC: 35.17], [PU: Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2006.], BEHAVIOUR BIOLOGY BIRD BREEDING NESTS NORTH AMERICA REPRODUCTION ZZ_GALLERY_NEW ZZ_INPRINT ZZ_R_NORTH, Jacket, Quarto, dustwrapper,158 pp.,colour photographs. With more than 200 stunning images by one of America's top nature photographers, this beautiful and informative book tells the age-old story of how birds migrate to their nesting grounds, select a mate, establish a nest site, and raise their young in the wild. The nesting cycle starts when early migrants return to snow-covered breeding territories. It includes colourful courtship displays; intricate nest-building techniques; egg laying, brooding, and hatching and the never-ending hunt for food. It also includes ingenious methods of protection and the miraculously quick growth of chicks. It can end with a fall migration flight thousands of miles long. Songbirds, owls, hummingbirds, shorebirds, raptors, waterfowl.All engage in breeding rituals, and all are included here. Featuring a wealth of information conveyed by words and pictures, this handsome book offers a fascinating look at a rarely observed world., Books<

ISBN: 9780811701419

With more than 200 stunning images by one of the country's top nature photographers, this beautiful and informative book tells the age-old story of how birds migrate to their nesting grou… Meer...

With more than 200 stunning images by one of the country's top nature photographers, this beautiful and informative book tells the age-old story of how birds migrate to their nesting grounds, select a mate, establish a nest site, and raise their young in the wild. The nesting cycle starts when early migrants return to snow-covered breeding territories. It includes colorful courtship displays; intricate nest-building techniques; egg laying, brooding, and hatching; and the never-ending hunt for food. It also includes ingenious methods of protection and the miraculously quick growth of chicks. It can end with a fall migration flight thousands of miles long. Songbirds, owls, hummingbirds, shorebirds, raptors, waterfowl. . . . All engage in breeding rituals, and all are included here. Featuring a wealth of information conveyed by words and pictures, this handsome book offers a fascinating look at a rarely observed world. Media > Book, [PU: Stackpole Books]<