Songbirds: Celebrating Nature's Voice

by Ronald Orenstein

Book Overview

More than half of the world's avian creatures are songbirds. Found on every continent, they brighten forests, jungles, and urban backyards with their colorful feathers and always-colorful musical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871569477
• ISBN13: 9780871569479
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books for Children
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.4" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Easy to read fascinating narratifve presenting facts & lore

This is a great book for anyone interested in learning more about the songbirds in their back yard or neighborhood, or from the far corners of the world. There are special notes on attracting, observing and conserving birds.This is not an encyclopedic reference with page after page of repetitive format, but rather a fascinating narrative presenting scientific fact and lore in a pleasant easy to read style. It is a book you'll want to read from cover to cover.Why and how birds sing is a focal point of the book. There is also comprehensive information on the feeding habits, breeding, migration and raising of young of many varied species.The photography is spectacular with color photos on almost every page including great close up views of many beautiful and exotic species. Over 500 different birds are mentioned and references for further study are provided.

Celebrating Nature's Voices - A Clearly Superior Book

Professor Orenstein's look at the birds of the world is refreshing synthesis which combines the highly technical details expected by the ornithologically informed with the interesting tidbits that capture the interest of the ornithologically challenged. This is, without a doubt, the single most important addition any birder could hope to make to their library this year - all your questions answered in a clear, concise, and wonderfully familiar way. Gary A. Griffith - Birding Columnist - The Cecil Whig, Elkton, MD