Bird Day : A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives 9780226819419, 9780226819402

An hourly guide that follows twenty-four birds as they find food, mates, and safety from predators. From morning to nig

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Table of contents :
Preface
Artist’s Note

Midnight   Barn Owl (Worldwide)
1AM   Little Spotted Kiwi (New Zealand)
2AM   Oilbird (South America)
3AM   Kākāpō (New Zealand)
4AM   Common Nightingale (Eurasia)
5AM   Brown-Headed Cowbird (North America)
6AM (Sunrise)   Silvereye (Australasia)
7AM   Bee Hummingbird (Caribbean)
8AM   American Robin (North America)
9AM   Eclectus Parrot (Australasia)
10AM   Indian Peafowl (Asia, Introduced Worldwide)
11AM   Common Pochard (Eurasia)
Noon   Ocellated Antbird (Central America)
1PM   Secretary Bird (Africa)
2PM   Emperor Penguin (Antarctica)
3PM   Superb Starling (Africa)
4PM   Common Cuckoo (Eurasia)
5PM   Indian Myna (Asia, Introduced Worldwide)
6PM (Sunset)   Standard-Winged Nightjar (Africa)
7PM   Great Snipe (Eurasia)
8PM   Bat Hawk (Africa and Asia)
9PM   Black-Crowned Night Heron (Worldwide)
10PM   Cook’s Petrel (New Zealand)
11PM   European Robin (Eurasia)

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Further Reading
Index

Bird Day : A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives
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