The Bird-Friendly City: Creating Safe Urban Habitats

by Timothy Beatley

Book Overview

How does a bird experience a city? A backyard? A park? As the world has become more urban, noisier from increased traffic, and brighter from streetlights and office buildings, it has also become more dangerous for countless species of birds. Warblers become disoriented by nighttime lights and collide with buildings. Ground-feeding sparrows fall prey to feral cats. Hawks and other birds-of-prey are sickened by rat poison. These name just a few of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164283047X
• ISBN13: 9781642830477
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"