Book description
The bird book for birders and nonbirders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doingāand why: "Can birds smell?"; "Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?"; "Do robins 'hear' worms?"
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Why read it?
1 author picked What It's Like to be a Bird as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The title is pretty clear, and of course, I immediately wonderedāwhat is it like to be a bird? Why the foot shape? How do woodpeckers NOT get concussions? You wonder that, admit it!
The illustrations are so clear and accessible and the essays about wings and other marvels of ābirdnessā are so compelling and leave me looking at birds in an entirely new light.Ā
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