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Migration is probably the most awe-inspiring natural phenomenon. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
How to accept a changing season and move on to warmer places
28 April 2007
Format:Hardcover
Very good book that explains how iceages on earth aids the evolution of birds, how birds follow SUN in daytime, Stars in the night time, if it is cloudy and are flying on Sea how they can use earth magnetic field to find thier way. This book explains where birds breed in the spring-summer times and migrate to warmer places in fall-winter. As the morning SUN warms up the ground, the air heats up. The birds use this rising hot air help them in soaring to new heights.
This book engineers bird migration, explains how migration evolved, how birds decide the time of travel, how they use the natural phenomina like thermal soaring, how the wing shape and size are related to its flight - like sea birds have long, thin wings, geese have heavy wings etc.
Then this book talks about specifics like how swans migrate, Geese migrate, Albatross migrate and you can find specifics about sea, land, north american, eurasian birds.
This book engineers bird migration, explains how migration evolved, how birds decide the time of travel, how they use the natural phenomina like thermal soaring, how the wing shape and size are related to its flight - like sea birds have long, thin wings, geese have heavy wings etc.
Then this book talks about specifics like how swans migrate, Geese migrate, Albatross migrate and you can find specifics about sea, land, north american, eurasian birds.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The annual Migration of Birds is one of nature's most spectacular events.
1 Sep 2010
Format:Hardcover
This excellent book makes an attempt to describe what the migration of birds is all about.While this bird migration is immensely widespread,involves many billions of birs,and happens all over the world;it seems no book could ever do this subject justice;this book does give a good overall idea of what it is all about and why.
The book is a joy to read and interesting to someone who has a great knowledge about birds as well as someone who simply wants to learn the basics. The book is constructed of the finest quality paper and construction and would stand up to a lot of hard use as in a public library.It is filled with supurb photographs and illustrations as you will ever come ascoss on the subject.The book deals with all kinds of species migration from those birds that migrate from one end of the world to the other,such as the Arctic Tern to some of the mountain species which move up and down the mountains for only a few hundreds of yards.It also covers the various families such a the Albatroses,Hummingbirds,Owls,Songbirds,Raptors and from all over the world. Some might criticize the book because of it doesn't mention one species or another but no book of only 176 pages could even scratch the surface of the nearly 10,000 species worlswide.Also, the information is necessarily very basic and in no way could it be considered complete or detailed as it would certainly be possible to write a whole book on nothing but one species;and then not cover everything. The book has a detailed index and a short list of books for "further reading";but likewise this is only a short list of the many books that are available on the subject.
The book is a joy to read and interesting to someone who has a great knowledge about birds as well as someone who simply wants to learn the basics. The book is constructed of the finest quality paper and construction and would stand up to a lot of hard use as in a public library.It is filled with supurb photographs and illustrations as you will ever come ascoss on the subject.The book deals with all kinds of species migration from those birds that migrate from one end of the world to the other,such as the Arctic Tern to some of the mountain species which move up and down the mountains for only a few hundreds of yards.It also covers the various families such a the Albatroses,Hummingbirds,Owls,Songbirds,Raptors and from all over the world. Some might criticize the book because of it doesn't mention one species or another but no book of only 176 pages could even scratch the surface of the nearly 10,000 species worlswide.Also, the information is necessarily very basic and in no way could it be considered complete or detailed as it would certainly be possible to write a whole book on nothing but one species;and then not cover everything. The book has a detailed index and a short list of books for "further reading";but likewise this is only a short list of the many books that are available on the subject.
8 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Great Book, very interesting to find out more about birds....
14 May 2007
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Very good graphs, illustrations and explanations about bird migration. Worth the money.
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