Beaks, Bones and Bird Songs
How the Struggle for Survival Has Shaped Birds and Their Behavior
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Beaks, Bones and Bird Songs
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Narrated by:
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Charles Constant
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By:
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Roger Lederer
About this listen
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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- Anonymous User
- 12-10-2020
Enlightening!
I loved this synthesis on birds and their lives. Includes so much great information on their physiology, behaviours, adaptations, migrations and struggles. Great for anyone with interest im birds and for those who just need some fascinating information!
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- Anonymous User
- 06-09-2021
Great information about Our Birds in Our World
Great information...enjoyed and have learned a lot.
I wish at the end of this Audio Book the Producers had of put some Bird Songs in. Would of been a Great Ending to the Book.
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- Jennifer L. Bergin
- 21-10-2024
brilliant bird facts
fascinating and informative. If you know little about birds, but find nature interesting this is the book for you. Well researched. However narrator does have to learn how to pronounce Australian cities. His attempt was wrong in this instance. But that is a silly nitpick for an overall great book.
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