The Life Of Birds

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: BBC Books
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1998
Edition: First Edition

Description: 320 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page.

Publishers Description: BIRDS. Over 9,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and richness of plumage and song.David Attenborough has been watching and learning all his life. His new book, with its accompanying series of films for BBC TV, is a brilliant introduction to bird behavious around the world: what they do and why they do it. He looks at each step in birds lives and the problems they have to solve: learning to fly; finding food; communicating; mating and caring for nests, eggs and young; migrating; facing dangers and surviving harsh conditions.Sir David has no equal in helping others to learn and making it exciting. His curiosity and enjoyment are infectious. He shows the lifelong pleasure that birds around us offer, and how much we miss if unaware of them."This superb book vividly conveys the beauty of birds and the extraodinary richness of their behaviour."Dr. Neil Chalmers, Director, The Natural History Museum, London

ISBN: 9780563387923