What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing - What Birds Are Doing, and Why

SIBLEY, David Allen

ISBN 10: 0307957896 / ISBN 13: 9780307957894

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2021

About this Item

Stated seventh printing, April 2021. A beautifully-illustrated book describing the life of various wild birds by David Allen Sibley. The author has chosen a group of well-known species and focuses, in his lovely illustrations and in his words, on various aspects of their lives. He often provides little-known facts about his subjects and is particularly concerned with dispelling common myths about them. With plenty of supplemental information. --- In pictorial white covers with representative species pictured on covers. Volume lacks a dust jacket (likely as published). --- An about-Fine copy: clean, tightly-bound, bright and lacking apparent damages. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for shipments beyond the U.S.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xxxii, 203, [2] pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing - What Birds Are Doing, and Why
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307957896
• ISBN 13: 9780307957894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • >>Birds

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Synopsis

The bird book for birders and nonbirders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing--and why

"Can birds smell?" "Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?" "Do robins 'hear' worms?" In What It's Like to Be a Bird, David Sibley answers the most frequently asked questions about the birds we see most often. This special, large-format volume is geared as much to nonbirders as it is to the out-and-out obsessed, covering more than two hundred species and including more than 330 new illustrations by the author. While its focus is on familiar backyard birds--blue jays, nuthatches, chickadees--it also examines certain species that can be fairly easily observed, such as the seashore-dwelling Atlantic puffin. David Sibley's exacting artwork and wide-ranging expertise bring observed behaviors vividly to life. (For most species, the primary illustration is reproduced life-sized.) And while the text is aimed at adults--including fascinating new scientific research on the myriad ways birds have adapted to environmental changes--it is nontechnical, making it the perfect occasion for parents and grandparents to share their love of birds with young children, who will delight in the big, full-color illustrations of birds in action. Unlike any other book he has written, What It's Like to Be a Bird is poised to bring a whole new audience to David Sibley's world of birds.

About the Author

DAVID ALLEN SIBLEY is the author and illustrator of the series of successful guides to nature that bear his name, including The Sibley Guide to Birds. He has contributed to Smithsonian, Science, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Birding, BirdWatching, North American Birds, and The New York Times. He is a recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Award for Promoting the Cause of Birding from the American Birding Association and the Linnaean Society of New York's Eisenmann Medal. He lives and birds in Massachusetts.