Birds at Rest: The Behavior and Ecology of Avian Sleep

by Roger F. Pasquier

A wide-ranging account of how birds spend the quiet half of their lives

Birds at Rest is the first book to give a full picture of how birds rest, roost, and sleep, a vital part of their lives. It features new science that can measure what is happening in a bird's brain over the course of a night or when it has flown to another hemisphere, as well as still-valuable observations by legendary naturalists such as John James Audubon,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691259968
• ISBN13: 9780691259963
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages