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Lives of North American Birds Library binding - 2001

by Kenn Kaufman

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This is the book that goes beyond the field guides: not a guide for naming the birds, but a reference for understanding them -- a complete, handy, one-volume encyclopedia on the fascinating lives of our birds.* Includes information about more than 900 birds: complete life histories for 680 species that occur regularly in North America and shorter accounts for more than 230 others that visit occasionally, with more than 600 beautiful photographs and more than 600 range maps.* Gives every important detail about the lives of birds: what they eat, where they build their nests, how many eggs they lay, what habitat they choose, when they migrate, what their current conservation status is, and much more.

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This is the book that goes beyond the field guides: not a guide for naming the birds, but a reference for understanding them -- a complete, handy, one-volume encyclopedia on the fascinating lives of our birds.

* Includes information about more than 900 birds: complete life histories for 680 species that occur regularly in North America and shorter accounts for more than 230 others that visit occasionally, with more than 600 beautiful photographs and more than 600 range maps.

* Gives every important detail about the lives of birds: what they eat, where they build their nests, how many eggs they lay, what habitat they choose, when they migrate, what their current conservation status is, and much more.

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This is the book that goes beyond the field guides: not a guide for naming the birds, but a reference for understanding them -- a complete, handy, one-volume encyclopedia on the fascinating lives of our birds.

* Includes information about more than 900 birds: complete life histories for 680 species that occur regularly in North America and shorter accounts for more than 230 others that visit occasionally, with more than 600 beautiful photographs and more than 600 range maps.

* Gives every important detail about the lives of birds: what they eat, where they build their nests, how many eggs they lay, what habitat they choose, when they migrate, what their current conservation status is, and much more.

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These are long-bodied, low-slung divers of northern waters.

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  • Title Lives of North American Birds
  • Author Kenn Kaufman
  • Binding Library Binding
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 704
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston
  • Publication date October 1, 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780618159888 / 0618159886
  • Weight 2.82 lbs (1.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 7 x 1.22 in (22.86 x 17.78 x 3.10 cm)
  • Age range 12 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 12
  • Category Nature
  • Library of Congress subjects Birds - North America
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96020285
  • Dewey Decimal Code 598
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