The lives of birds

birds of the world and their behavior

by Lester L. Short

1993 256 pages eng

Since the beginning of history, humans have been intrigued by the stunning variety and inventiveness of bird behavior. Why do some oceanic seabirds serve their chicks no more than two or three meals a week, while the Pied Fly-Catcher must feed its young thirty-three times an hour? How did the Woodpe…