The bird : a natural history of who birds are, where they came from, and how they live

The bird : a natural history of who birds are, where they came from, and how they live / Colin Tudge.

Author/creator	Tudge, Colin
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st American ed.
Publication Info	New York : Crown Publishers, [2009], ©2008.
Description	xvi, 462 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Birds--History. Birds. Birds--Evolution.

Uniform title	Consider the birds
Contents	A different way of being. What is means to be a flier ; How birds became -- Dramatis personae. Keeping track : the absolute need to classify ; All the birds in the world : an annotated cast list -- How birds live their lives. The eating machine ; The world as an oyster ; Idyll and mayhem : the sex lives of birds ; Families and friends ; The mind of birds -- Birds and us. Living with birds and learning from birds -- A matter of attitude.
General note	Originally published: Consider the birds : who they are and what they do. London : Allen Lane, 2008.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-436) and index.
ISBN	9780307342041 :
ISBN	0307342042

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	QL672.7 .T83 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold