Birds in Winter - Surviving the Most Challenging Season

Birds in Winter is the first book devoted to the ecology and behavior of birds during this most challenging season. Birds remaining in regions with cold weather must cope with much shorter days to find food and shelter even as they need to avoid predators and stay warm through the long nights, while migrants to the tropics must fit into very different ecosystems and communities of resident birds. Roger Pasquier explores how winter affects birds' lives all through the year, starting in late summer, when some begin caching food to retrieve months later and others form social groups lasting into the next spring. During winter some birds are already pairing up for the following breeding season, so health through the winter contributes to nesting success. Filled with elegant line drawings by artist and illustrator Margaret La Farge, Birds in Winter describes how winter influences the lives of birds from the poles to the equator.

About the author

Roger F. Pasquier
Illustrated by Margaret La Farge

Summary

Author photo: Ellen Warner

Foreword

An in-depth study of the ways birds have evolved and adapted to winter, the most challenging season of the year.

Additional text

"This book is as broad ranging as it is deeply informative. . . . You cannot read this one without learning a great deal and, despite the author’s undoubted expertise the touch is light enough to make it an accessible read too.
"---Bo Beolens, Fat Birder

Product details

• Authors: Roger Pasquier, Roger F Pasquier, Roger F. Pasquier, Pasquier Roger
• Assisted by: Margaret La Farge (Illustration)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780691178554
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17855-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; NATURE / Animals / Birds, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology, NATURE / Birdwatching Guides, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Birds (ornithology), Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Wildlife: birds & birdwatching, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, Animal Ecology, Conservation of wildlife and habitats