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Chargement... Simon & Schuster Children's Guide to Birdspar Jinny Johnson
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An introduction to all kinds of birds from around the world, arranged in such groupings as game birds, seabirds, waterbirds, wading birds, owls and birds of prey, and songbirds. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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In some cases, the author offers a comparison of one group with the others relative to their differences in beaks and/or claws. The webbed feet of water birds, sharp talons of eagles and owls, and small gripping claws of perching birds. All of the birds had different needs in footwear. Beaks were also contrasted. Some birds needed to crack large seeds, some needed needle-like beaks to probe for insect, and birds of prey required beaks to tear and cut their food.
The book is now out of print according to Simon and Schuster. I not too attached to the book really. I did appreciate the 'beaks and feet' sections. If one was interested in birds a slightly higher level of treatment is offered by the National Audubon Society book on North American species has a host more pictures and largely identifies the birds through their silhouette rather than technical character. It also has individual sections with detailed information on each bird. Further, the Audubon book has more species included.