Hummingbirds, Their Life and Behavior: A Photographic Study of the North American Species

Tyrrell, Esther Quesada

ISBN 10: 0517553368 / ISBN 13: 9780517553367

Published by Crown, 1985

About this Item

First Edition. first edition, includes the dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # mon0003086484

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hummingbirds, Their Life and Behavior: A Photographic Study of the North American Species
• Publisher: Crown
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517553368
• ISBN 13: 9780517553367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.

About this title

Synopsis

More than 230 full-color photographs of North American hummingbirds at every stage of life and in all characteristic behavior patterns are accompanied by a text summarizing all available scientific information on hummingbirds

From the Inside Flap

ll, the world's foremost photographer of hummingbirds, has successfully captured on film the utterly fascinating day-to-day activities of our colorful North American species. Included among the 235 full-color pictures are never-before-photographed sequences such as nesting, molting, preening and territorial aggression, as well as an unprecedented portfolio of hummingbirds feeding from wildflowers.

Esther Tyrrell has written the accompanying illuminating text, by far the most complete and up-to-date information on hummingbirds ever assembled, which will make this book the definitive source for both scientists and the general reader for years to come.

This lavishly illustrated volume opens with an introduction to this lovely family of