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Ornithologist Skutch draws on his personal observations and extensive research to portray the larges...
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Ornithologist Skutch draws on his personal observations and extensive research to portray the largest New World family of birds over its vast range from the Canadian Arctic to Tierra del Fuego and wide variety of habitats from rain forests to deserts. Food and foraging, daily life, songs,, courtship, nests, care of the young, and defense are among his topics. Painter and illustrator Dana Gardner augments the color photographs with drawings and water colors. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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