A hugely engaging book about birds, their senses and behaviour that is informed by an attractive blend of personal experience, entertaining stories and cutting-edge science.
Provides a history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-controversial personalities, and by the unique social and scientific contexts in which these individuals worked.
In the 1870s English canary breeders caused a scandal by feeding their Norwich canaries with red peppers to turn them orange. A German... Læs mere
Har du nogensinde tænkt over, hvordan det er at flyve? Eller at kunne se i mørke? Måske har du forestillet dig, hvordan det er at bo højt oppe i træerne? Fugle opfører... Læs mere
The life, death and afterlife of one of the true icons of extinction, the Great Auk