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 |
| Edition | 1st American ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Crown Publishers, [2009], ©2008. |
| Description | xvi, 462 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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 |