The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds, and the Invention of Monogamy

by Bernd Heinrich

Book Overview

Why are the eggs of the marsh wren deep brown, the winter wren's nearly white, and the gray catbird's a brilliant blue? And what in the DNA of a penduline tit makes the male weave a domed nest of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674061934
• ISBN13: 9780674061934
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"