Songs of Love and War (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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The dawn chorus: a single voice cutting through the morning mist soon develops into a symphony of different songs hailing the new day. Many of these songbirds are familiar and iconic features of British wildlife, and yet much about their lives remains mysterious, even to scientists. There is a simple pleasure in listening to birdsong, but curiosity on this enchanting phenomena will soon see you asking questions about every aspect of these birds lives from courting a potential mate and defending a territory, to mimicry and migration. 1 AWAKENINGS This describes a real Dawn Chorus. The way a dawn chorus starts as a single voice and develops into a jumble is a metaphor for the whole book. What might seem simple is not only complicated, but is actually still not fully understood by scientists, even now. 2 BIRD TABLE MANNERS How birds interact at a feeder including a discussion of conflict in garden songbirds. 3 SONGBIRD SURVIVAL The great Magpie debate and why it simply isnt black and white. 4 FAVOURITE SONGSTERS The trials and tribulations of learning bird songs (with a few favourites). This chapter will introduce the concept of territories. 5 PLAIN WEIRD The story of the Dunnock and its astonishingly complicated relationships. 6 ROBINS ARE RED What you might not know about Robins (they are mimics, migrants etc) 7 RECREATING THE PASTORAL SYMPHONY A chapter about trying to hear Nightingale, Quail and Cuckoo all at the same time. A story about what birds do at night. 8 VISIBLE MIGRATION An encounter with birds migrating, and then an explanation of migratory behaviour. 9 SONGBIRDS ABROAD How everything can be different abroad song, migration etc.