Product Information
This superb collection of photographs brings to life the beauty variety and intricacy of birds' feathers wings skeletons beaks nests and eggs. In addition unique time-lapse sequences show a chick hatching from its egg and how nestlings develop over their first few days of life.Starting with the evolution and anatomy of birds and explaining how their bodies work how they are built specially for flight and how their beaks wings tails feathers and feet are designed for specific purposes the book goes on to cover the food they eat the way they camouflage themselves the nests they build and the eggs they lay.Produced in association with the Natural History Museum London Bird is a unique and compelling introduction to the secret life of birds.Product Identifiers
PublisherDorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN-139780863182709
eBay Product ID (ePID)95661863
Product Key Features
Number of Pages63 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDk Eyewitness Guides: Bird
Publication Year1997
TypeRéférence
AuthorDavid Burnie
Subject AreaLanguage Study
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height287 mm
Item Weight612 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDavid Burnie
Series TitleDk Eyewitness
TopicWildlife