The surprising, rich life of tree swallows in nesting season-with Heinrich's beautiful illustrations and photographs-by the acclaimed naturalist.
Heinrich is sparked one early spring day by a question: Why does a pair of swallows in a nest-box close to his Maine cabin show an unvarying preference for white feathers-not easily available nearby-as nest lining? He notices, too, the extreme aggressiveness of "his" swallows toward some other swallows of their own kind. And he wonders, given swallows' reputation for feistiness, at the extraordinary tameness and close contact he experiences with his nesting birds.
From the author of the beloved books Ravens in Winter and A Naturalist at Large, this richly engaging view of the lives of wild birds, as always with Heinrich, yields "marvelous, mind-altering" insight and discoveries. -Los Angeles Times
| ISBN: | 9781328604415 |
| Publication date: | 18th February 2020 |
| Author: | Bernd Heinrich |
| Publisher: | Mariner Books an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Zoology: birds (ornithology) Ethology and animal behaviour Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest |
The surprising, rich life of tree swallows in nesting season-with Heinrich's beautiful illustrations and photographs-by the acclaimed naturalist.
Heinrich is sparked one early spring day by a question: Why does a pair of swallows in a nest-box close to his Maine cabin show an unvarying preference for white feathers-not easily available nearby-as nest lining? He notices, too, the extreme aggressiveness of "his" swallows toward some other swallows of their own kind. And he wonders, given swallows' reputation for feistiness, at the extraordinary tameness and close contact he experiences with his nesting birds.
From the author of the beloved books Ravens in Winter and A Naturalist at Large, this richly engaging view of the lives of wild birds, as always with Heinrich, yields "marvelous, mind-altering" insight and discoveries. -Los Angeles Times
White Feathers features in the following genres: Zoology: birds (ornithology), Ethology and animal behaviour, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest
White Feathers is available in Hardback
White Feathers was written by Bernd Heinrich and published by Mariner Books an imprint of HarperCollins
White Feathers has 256 pages