| Description |
x, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Reasons Birds Migrate -- 2. How Scientists Study Migration -- 3. The Basics of Bird Flight -- 4. Up in the Air -- 5. The Travel Seasons -- 6. By Day or by Night? -- 7. Barriers to Migration -- 8. Migratory Rest Stops -- 9. Flight Speed and Distance -- 10. Finding the Way -- 11. How High Birds Fly -- 12. Flocking Behavior During Migration -- 13. The Calls of Migrating Birds -- 14. Flight Strategies -- 15. Conservation of Migrating Birds |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-224) and index |
| Subject |
Birds -- Migration.
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| LC no. |
2008015947 |
| ISBN |
9780811732307 |
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0811732304 |
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