Binding: Hardcover
Description: An hourly guide that follows twenty - four birds as they find food mates and safety from predators. From morning to night and from the Antarctic to the equator birds have busy days. In this short book ornithologist Mark E. Hauber shows readers exactly how birds spend their time. Each chapter covers a single bird during a single hour highlighting twenty - four different bird species from around the globe from the tropics through the temperate zones to the polar regions. We encounter owls and nightjars hunting at night and kiwis and petrels finding their way in the dark. As the sun rises we witness the beautiful songs of the dawn chorus. At eleven o clock in the morning we float alongside a common pochard a duck resting with one eye open to avoid predators. At eight that evening we spot a hawk swallowing bats whole gorging on up to fifteen in rapid succession before retreating into the darkness. For each chapter award - winning artist Tony Angell has depicted these scenes with his signature pen and ink illustrations which grow increasingly light and then dark as our bird day passes. Working closely together to narrate and illustrate these unique moments in time Hauber and Angell have created an engaging read that is a perfect way to spend an hour or two and a true gift for readers amateur scientists and birdwatchers.
Title: Bird Day A Story Of 24 Hours And 24 Avian Lives
Author(s): Hauber Mark E., Tony Angell
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226819402
Pages: 168 Pages, 24 Halftones
Publication Date: 12/5/2023
Series: Earth Day
Category: Birds (Ornithology)