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Bird Senses - How and What Birds See, Hear, Smell, Taste and Feel (Paperback)
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Bird Senses - How and What Birds See, Hear, Smell, Taste and Feel (Paperback)
Series: Pelagic Monographs
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Graham Martin takes the reader deep into the world of birds from a
new perspective, with a 'through birds' eyes' approach to
ornithology that goes beyond the traditional habitat or ecological
point of view. There is a lot more to a bird's world than what it
receives through its eyes. This book shows how all of the senses
complement one another to provide each species with a unique suite
of information that guides their daily activities. The senses of
each bird have been fine-tuned by natural selection to meet the
challenges of its environment and optimise its behaviour: from
spotting a carcase on a hillside, to pecking at minute insects,
from catching fish in murky waters, to navigating around the globe.
The reader is also introduced to the challenges posed to birds by
the obstacles with which humans have cluttered their worlds, from
power lines to windowpanes. All of these challenges need explaining
from the birds' sensory perspectives so that effective mitigations
can be put in place. The book leads the reader through a wealth of
diverse information presented in accessible text, with over 100
colour illustrations and photographs. The result is a highly
readable and authoritative account, which will appeal to
birdwatchers and other naturalists, as well as researchers in avian
biology. The author has researched the senses of birds throughout a
50-year career in ornithology and sensory science. He has always
attempted to understand birds from the perspective of how sensory
information helps them to carry out different tasks in different
environments. He has published papers on more than 60 bird species,
from Albatrosses and Penguins, to Spoonbills and Kiwi. His first
fascination was with owls and night time, and owls have remained
special to him throughout his career. He has collaborated and
travelled widely and pondered diverse sensory challenges that birds
face in the conduct of different tasks in different habitats, from
mudflats and murky waters, to forests, deserts and caves. In recent
years he has focused on how understanding bird senses can help to
reduce the very high levels of bird deaths that are caused by human
artefacts; particularly, wind turbines, power lines, and gill nets.
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