The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds, and the Invention of Monogamy

by Bernd Heinrich

Book Overview

Why are the eggs of the marsh wren deep brown, the winter wren's nearly white, and the gray catbird's a brilliant blue? And what in the DNA of a penduline tit makes the male weave a domed nest of fibers and the female line it with feathers, while the bird-of-paradise male builds no nest at all, and his bower-bird counterpart constructs an elaborate dwelling? These are typical questions that Bernd Heinrich pursues in the engaging style we've come to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674048776
• ISBN13: 9780674048775
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"