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What it's like to be a bird : from flying to nesting, eating to singing -- what birds are doing, and...

What it's like to be a bird : from flying to nesting, e...

What it's like to be a bird : from flying to nesting, eating to singing -- what birds are doing, and...

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What it's like to be a bird : from flying to nesting, eating to singing -- what birds are doing, and why / written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley.

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Full title

What it's like to be a bird : from flying to nesting, eating to singing -- what birds are doing, and why / written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley.

Publisher

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.

Alternative title

What it is like to be a bird

Call Numbers

GQ 2021/0088

Record Identifier

74VKaJ0GlqjO

MMS ID

991024373512202626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxxii, 203 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Preface -- How to use this book -- Introduction -- Portfolio of birds -- Birds in this book -- What to do it... -- Becoming a birder

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.

Edition

First edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2020.

Subjects

Subjects and topics

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"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...

Alternative Titles

Full title

What it's like to be a bird : from flying to nesting, eating to singing -- what birds are doing, and why / written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index.

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Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2020

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

GQ 2021/0088

Record Identifier

74VKaJ0GlqjO

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaJ0GlqjO

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0307957896

9780307957894

DDC

598

MMS ID

991024373512202626

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