num_pages: 224
description: One hundred entertaining and informative essays from the popular public radio feature program BirdNote accompanied by original illustrations throughoutan illuminating volume for bird and nature lovers across North America.Here are the best stories about our avian friends from the public radio show BirdNote each brief essay illuminating the life habits or songs of a particular bird. Why do geese fly in a V-formation? Why are worms so good for youif you're a robin? Which bird calls Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all? From wrens that nest in cactuses to gulls that have a strange red dot on their billsthese digestible and fascinating bird stories are a delightful window to the winged world. A foreword by John W. Fitzpatrick director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and an introduction by Gordon Orians professor emeritus of biology at the University of Washington are also included.
language: English
title: BirdNote: Chirps, Quirks, and Stories of 100 Birds from the Popular Public Radio Show
publisher: Sasquatch Books