Between the Wingtips: The Secret Life of Birds

by Magnus Ullman and Brutus Östling

We see birds every day, yet we know surprisingly little about them. In this book, photographer extraordinaire Brutus Ostling presents images of particularly interesting, thought-provoking and amusing aspects of the life of birds. The text and captions provided by bird expert Magnus Ullman complement the stunning photographs.

The feathered "cast of characters" profiled is international in scope--from Sweden and the Antarctic to the deep forests...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061136859
• ISBN13: 9780061136856
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.7" x 12.5"

Customer Reviews

astounding images of birds in nature

I LOVE this book. The incredible images drew me to it, the details about birds lives is the icing on the cake. I limit myself to 20 pages at a sitting, so I can savor the experience of being taken all over the world and into the habitat that these beautiful, amazing, intelligent creatures live in. Ostling has an extraordinary eye, and a great gift. I have never seen such a compilation of wonderful shots of birds in motion or still. I thank him for this. You will too. Astounding!

WOW! Birds in ways I've never seen them before.

This is surely the ultimate in bird watchers books. Sure you can get bird catalogues, but this book has better information on why birds do things than I've ever read. And the photographs! Amazing! The shots are pin-sharp, the poses incredible and the photohrapher says he doesn't photoshop them... what a master... I'm buying 5 as Chrstmas gifts. I KNOW they will be loved. I bought Audubon's Birds of America, wish I had bought more of this book instead.