01478nam a2200229Ia 4500 299347 20160527183603.0 978030734204 Tudge, Collin 285153 Local The bird a natural history of who bird are, where they came from, and how they live Collin Tudge. New York Crown Publishers c2008. Consider the birds xvi,462 p. ill.(b&w) ;25 cm. A different way of being. What is means to be a flier ; How birds became -- Dramatis personae. Keeping track : the absolute need to classify ; All the birds in the world : an annotated cast list -- How birds live their lives. The eating machine ; The world as an oyster ; Idyll and mayhem : the sex lives of birds ; Families and friends ; The mind of birds -- Birds and us. Living with birds and learning from birds -- A matter of attitude. Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-433) and index. Originally published: Consider the birds : who they are and what they do. London : Allen Lane, 2008. Birds 62549 Local Birds Evolution. 62549 Local Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1008/2010278090-s.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1008/2010278090-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1008/2010278090-b.html 218277 218277 0 0 lc 0 QL_673_000000000000000__T77_2008 0 mbl 30349 12 12 20 2016-05-27 RANDOM HOUSE INC 30.00 453640 0 QL 673 .T77 2008 50000003201141 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:299347 6