Birds of the Homeplace: The Lives of Ireland's Familiar Birds
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ISBN: 9781848892293
Author | McGeehan, Anthony |
Pub Date | 19/09/2014 |
Binding | Hardback |
Pages | 300 |
Country | IRL |
Dewey | 598.09415 |
Quick overview There are birds all around us: in gardens, neighbourhoods, farms, towns and cities. Once you look, they become familiar - a whole new world of wonder. Some grow brain tissue to enlarge their memory capacity of where they hide food. Blackbirds search for prey they cannot see. Songbirds lose ten per cent of body weight overnight.