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The life of birds

Author: David Attenborough
Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1998.
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A survey of birds around the world explores their nesting, hunting, mating, and parenting behavior, and describes the threat to their existence presented by man.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Attenborough, David, 1926-
Life of birds.
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1998
(OCoLC)682374258
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: David Attenborough
ISBN: 069101633X 9780691016337
OCLC Number: 39655151
Awards: Winner of BP Natural World Book Prize 1998
Description: 320 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents: To fly or not to fly --
Mastery of flight --
Insatiable appetite --
Meat-eaters --
Fishing for a living --
Signals and songs --
Finding partners --
Demands of the egg --
Problems of parenthood --
Limits of endurance.
Responsibility: David Attenborough.
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Based on the ten-part program on PBS, this work presents the drama, beauty, and eccentricities of the natural world with unusual flair and intelligence. It reviews the ideas about how and when  Read more...

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