Birds Life Size: Up Close and Personal with 47 Bird Species

Come eye to eye with a Bald Eagle and nose to beak with an American White Pelican in this entertaining and educational guide to 47 popular birds. Birds Life Size features stunning life-sized photographs as well as interesting facts and stats, all put together by one of North America’s foremost bird book authors, Chris Earley.

Did you know Brown-headed Cowbirds purposely lay their eggs in other birds’ nests, or that Loggerhead Shrikes are nicknamed Butcherbirds for their unsavory habit of hanging their prey on thorns and branches, using its favorite thorny shrubs like a butcher shop? Readers will enjoy reading all about the fascinating adaptations and behaviors of the featured birds, and young readers in particular will be riveted by the life-sized images. Arranged by family, bird species include:

• American Bitterns
• Atlantic Puffins
• Calliope Hummingbirds
• Common Poorwills
• Greater Roadrunners
• Snowy Owls
• Red-tailed Hawks
• Turkey Vultures
• And many, many more!

Complete with at-a-glance info boxes that detail diet, habitats and nesting habits, each bird profile has a colorful design and plenty of photos highlighting the topics and tidbits covered in the text. Birds Life Size is a mighty addition to every bird lover’s library.

Chris Earley is the interpretive biologist and education coordinator at the Arboretum, University of Guelph. He is also the author of numerous titles on birds and the natural world, including How to Feed Backyard Birds, 125 Nature Hot Spots in Ontario, Hawks and Owls of Eastern North America and Waterfowl of Eastern North America.