The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior

The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior

<b>F<b>rom the <i>New York Times</i> best selling author of the peerless bird identification guide <i>The Sibley Guide to Birds,</i> a landmark exploration of how birds live and what they do. </b></b><br><br>Designed to enhance the birding experience and to enrich the popular study of North American birds, <i>The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior </i>combines more than 795 of Sibley's beautiful full-color illustrations with authoritative text by 48 expert birders and biologists. <br><br> Introductory essays outline the principles of avian evolution, life cycle, body structure, flight dynamics, and more. The 80 family-by-family chapters describe the amazing range of behavior dictated by birds€ biology and environment. Among the subjects covered and illustrated are:<br><br> --molts and plumages<br> --habitats<br> --food and foraging<br> --vocalizations and displays<br> --courtship and breeding<br> --rearing of young<br> --migration and movements<br> --scientific groupings<br> --introduced species<br> --accidental species <br> --anatomy<br> --flight patterns <br> --nests and eggs<br> --conservation<br> --global distribution<br><br> Accessibly written, superbly designed and organized, and brilliantly illustrated, <i>The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior</i> is an indispensable source of information on the avian life around us.