Bird Migration

Very good used hardcover in dust jacket. Top edge of textblock dust freckled. DJ creased.

The epic migrations undertaken by birds, often species that are small and apparently frail, are one of the most intriguing and awe-inspiring themes in natural history. Robert Burton sets out to explain, with the help of a wealth of superb illustrations, exactly what is now known about the subject. 

Why do some species undertake an intercontinental odyssey twice a year, while others remain within a few kilometres of the next in which they hatched for the whole of their lives?

How are birds able to navigate, even across featureless ocean, with uncanny accuracy?

These are just some of the topics explored in this fascinating book.