The Storm-Petrels - Paperback
by Rob Thomas
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Language:EnglishPublisher:T & Ad PoyserISBN-13:9781472985828ISBN-10:1472985826UPC:9781472985828Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Animals, Birdwatching GuidesBook Topic:Zoology, BirdsSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCYEEWG9JZ
The Storm-Petrels
Imagine a bird as small as a sparrow, which lives most of its life on the open ocean yet can survive for decades. It walks on the water, and migrates half way around the world, returning to remote islands to breed underground, often in exactly the same rock crevice each year. To attract a mate it sings like a fairy and smells aromatic, but it vomits oil onto its enemies. It visits its nest by...
Language:EnglishPublisher:T & Ad PoyserISBN-13:9781472985828ISBN-10:1472985826UPC:9781472985828Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Animals, Birdwatching GuidesBook Topic:Zoology, BirdsSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCYEEWG9JZ
Rob Thomas is a Senior Lecturer in Zoology at Cardiff University, where he has been based for more than 20 years. He specialises in bird behaviour and ecology, particularly the behavioural responses of birds to changing environments. Rob has been involved in storm-petrel studies since he was 16, and his research now takes him to islands in Wales, Scotland and the Faroes to study storm-petrel...
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