Introduces a wide variety of bird behaviors, including how they communicate, how they build nests, and how they protect themselves from predators.--

Through a hundred short vignettes accompanied by stunning avian portraits, Bird Brains takes a look at the antics, behaviors, and idiosyncrasies of wild birds f

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It begins for Basil 'Banger' Peyton-Crumbe the day he dies in a pheasant-shooting incident. A tragic accident, thinks the local constable, but Banger's gundogs

Students will enter the world of scientists as they uncover the secrets behind birds' brains, the most underappreciated of birds’ senses, the way frigate birds