Bird (DK Eyewitness Books)

✍ Scribed by David Burnie

• Publisher: DK CHILDREN
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 73
• Series: DK Eyewitness Books
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text! Here is an exciting and informative guide to the fascinating world of bird life. Superb color photographs of feathers, wings, skeletons, eggs, nests and newly hatched chicks only days old offer a unique "eyewitness" view of the natural history, behavior and life cycle of birds. See how newborn chicks hatch from eggs, how nestings grow in their first few days, how birds camouflage themselves against predators what birds eat and how they catch their prey. Learn how birds' bodies are designed for flight, why wings are different shapes and sizes, how birds evolved from their prehistoric ancestors and which are the world's biggest, smallest, slowest and fastest birds. Discover how and where birds make their nests, why eggs are different colors, how many feathers birds have and what each one is for and how to watch birds and attract them to your garden, and much, much more!

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
From dinosaur to bird......Page 7
Birds as animals......Page 9
The wing......Page 11
Maneuverability and fast takeoff......Page 13
Speed and endurance......Page 15
Soaring, gliding, and hovering......Page 17
Tails......Page 19
The structure of feathers......Page 21
Feathers......Page 23
Wing feathers......Page 25
Body down, and tail feathers......Page 27
Courtship......Page 29
Camouflage......Page 31
Feet and tracks......Page 33
The senses......Page 35
Beaks......Page 37
Plant and insect eaters......Page 39
Hunters, fishers, and all-arounders......Page 41
Pellets......Page 43
Making a nest......Page 45
Cup nests......Page 47
Unusual nests......Page 49
Eggs of water birds and waders......Page 51
Eggs of land birds......Page 53
Extraordinary eggs......Page 55
Hatching......Page 57
Growing up......Page 59
Attracting birds......Page 61
Watching birds......Page 63
Did you know?......Page 65
Identifying birds......Page 67
Find out more......Page 69
Glossary......Page 71
Acknowledgments......Page 73

✦ Subjects

Библиотека;Литература для детей и родителей;Развивающая литература;Формирование представлений об окружающем мире;Формирование представлений о животном мире;Птицы;