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Die Welt der Vögel steckt voll ungeahnter Talente! Wie ist es wohl, ein Vogel zu sein? Sich einfach in die Lüfte zu schwingen, die Welt von oben zu sehen ... Doch das ist längst nicht alles: Vögel legen einige außergewöhnliche und faszinierende Verhaltensweisen an den Tag! Dieses Buch nimmt mit auf eine Reise rund um den Globus, zu gefiederten Meistertänzern, lauten Plappermäulern und begnadeten Schauspielern. Man erfährt, wie die Rothuhnmutte...

In Birds and Us, award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey through this mutual history with birds, from the ibises mummified and deified by Ancient Egyptians to Renaissance experiments on woodpecker anatomy, from Victorian obsessions with egg collecting to the present fight to save endangered species and restore their habitats.Weaving in stories from his own life as a scientist, including far-...

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A sweeping and lyrical history of the relationship between birdlife and humankind over twelve millennia, exploring how birds have captured our imaginations and inspired our culture and our science.In Birds and Us award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey through our mutual history with birds, from the ibises mummified and deified by Ancient Egyptians to Renaissance experiments on woodpecker an...

This beautiful book is one to treasure forever' David Walliams, comedian and children's author Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly? Or to live high in the tree tops? Or perhaps you've wondered what birds do when no one is looking? Birds have some of the most extraordinary - and peculiar - behaviours on the planet. Ravens love PLAYING games. In winter, they sledge down snow-covered rooftops on their bellies, getting faster ...

Early ornithologist Francis Willughby has his story told in this biography, tracing his contributions to the classification of birds, with Birkhead's understanding and passion as a fellow ornithological expert charging the delivery with enthusiasm.

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Cosa prova un pinguino imperatore quando si immerge negli abissi dei mari antartici, fino a 400 metri di profondità? Come può un fenicottero accorgersi della pioggia, invisibile, che cade a centinaia di chilometri di distanza e che porterà acqua a zone umide tanto effimere quanto essenziali per la sua riproduzione? Come si sente un maschio di manachino capirosso, in una foresta pluviale dell'America centrale, mentre si esibisce come un giocatt...

Wie es ist ein Vogel zu sein - ein bahnbrechender Blick auf die Sinneswelt der VögelDas Buch des britischen Ornithologen Tim Birkhead hat die englische Leserwelt im Sturm erobert -und begeistert nun auch das deutschsprachige Publikum.Fliegen wie ein Vogel - das ist für viele Menschen ein Traum. Doch nur wenige von uns sind sich der anderen Fähigkeiten und Sinnesleistungen bewusst, die das Vogelsein zu einer großartigen und ganz besonderen Erfa...

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NATURE / Birdwatching Guides

From acclaimed ornithologist, Tim Birkhead, comes a scientific and revealing read on an extraordinary creation: the bird's egg. Answers an array of questions that include: why do some eggs contain two yolks and how are the colours and patterns of an eggshell created?

Places current scientific knowledge within a historical context to take the reader on a journey from the creation and fertilisation of eggs, to their development and eventual hatching, revealing many weird and wonderful facts along the way.

Hoe zou het zijn om een zwaluw te zijn en met honderd kilometer per uur door de lucht te vliegen? Of een flamingo die de regen kan waarnemen die kilometers verderop valt? En wat voelt een jan-van-gent die na de lange winter zijn partner terugziet? De zintuigen van vogels geeft antwoord op deze en vele andere vragen, simpelweg door de zintuigen te beschrijven die vogels gebruiken om hun omgeving te interpreteren. Zijn de zintuigen van vogels te...

A bird's egg is a nearly perfect survival capsule--an external womb--and one of natural selection's most wonderful creations. Shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2016.One of Forbes' Best Books About Birds and Birding in 2016.Renowned ornithologist Tim Birkhead opens this gripping story as a female guillemot chick hatches, already carrying her full quota of tiny eggs within her undeveloped ovary. As she grows...

Waarom hebben eieren de vorm die ze hebben? Waarom zitten in sommige eieren twee dooiers? Hoe worden de kleuren en patronen van een eierschaal gevormd? En welke kant van een ei komt als eerste naar buiten ¿ de platte kant of het puntige gedeelte? In Het vogelei staat de reis vanaf de vorming en de bevruchting tot het uiteindelijke uitkomen van het ei centraal. Veelgeprezen ornitholoog Tim Birkhead begint bij de prachtige eieren van de zeekoe...

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Francis Willughby transformed the study of natural history in the mid-1600s. Using previously unexplored archives and new discoveries we show that Willughby was a polymath, a true virtuoso, who made original contributions to many different fields of endeavor.