Why Birds Do That: 40 Distinctive Bird Behaviors Explained & Photographed

by Michael Furtman

Book Overview

There's little question that a life without birds around would be boring indeed. Birds provide endless fascination and entertainment for millions of people, whether we live in the city or in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595430598
• ISBN13: 9781595430595
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Willow Creek Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A "must have" bird book.

"Why Birds Do That" is a terrific reference for beginners and experienced observers of nature.Magic on the Rocks : Canoe Country PictographsA Season for Wilderness: The Journal of a Summer in Canoe Country It is a common sense approach to bird behavior with beautiful photography. The author is an astute observer and a concise writer. This is a bird book that you will read and use because it makes sense. The author must have spent years researching and observing nature.

Great Gift for a Birder

My wife has been an avid Birder for about 4-5 years and has gotten quite good. She is always trying to increase her basic knowledge of birds. I surprised her with this book and she loved it. She commented numerous times while reading it: "So that's why they do that."

Very interesting book on bird habits

With 40 different bird behaviors explained and photographed this is a very interesting book. Some questions are common ones like "Why do birds bathe?" or "Why do birds migrate?". Other questions have more complex answers like "Why do some chicks hatch naked, and others hatch covered with down?". With photographs that illustrate each question or part of the answer and well written answers this is an excellent book to understand birds better. Written on a level where it can be understood by about 13 years old or older it is an excellent book. Why Birds Do That is highly recommended and informative.

Enhanced with more than one hundred color photographs

Birds provide endless fascination with their evocative songs, their complex and occasionally comical behavior, their variety, and their seasonal comings and goings. Why Birds Do That: A Collection Of Curious Avian Exploits by nature writer and photographer Michael Furtman explains forty distinctive bird behaviors. Enhanced with more than one hundred color photographs and very highly recommended for ornithology students and non-specialist general readers with an interest in bird behavior, Why Birds Do That explains why birds sing; why the singing principally takes place in the morning; why males of many species sport bright colors; why some birds hatch naked, while others come with thick and fluffy coats of down; and other common (and not-so-common) questions concerning the birds we see in our backyards, our farms and fields, our meadows, glens and forests.