Birds Up Close: An Engineer Explores Their Hidden Wonders Alabama This book looks at the

This book looks at the long-term prospects for these beautiful birds and what must be done to ensure their survival

but with careful observation and research

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Jonathan Meiburg takes up this chase

Treasured by birders -- and an invaluable reference for ornithologists

Birds Up Close: An Engineer Explores Their Hidden Wonders Alabama This book looks at theA renowned engineer and lifelong birder reveals the marvel of how birds workfrom the tips of their beaks to the sheen of their tailfeathers. Consider feathers: They define birds wings, enabling flight. They insulate against cold. They repel water. They even control sound. And how feathers work is just one aspect of the wonders of birds explained by pathbreaking researcher and birder Lorna Gibson in Birds Up Close. Feathers, bones, bills, eggs, flight: