by Bernd Heinrich (Author)
The surprising, rich life of tree swallows in nesting season—with
Heinrich’s beautiful illustrations and photographs—by the acclaimed
naturalist.
Heinrich is sparked one early spring day by a
question: Why does a pair of swallows in a nest-box close to his Maine
cabin show an unvarying preference for white feathers—not easily
available nearby—as nest lining? He notices, too, the extreme
aggressiveness of “his” swallows toward some other swallows of their own
kind. And he wonders, given swallows’ reputation for feistiness, at the
extraordinary tameness and close contact he experiences with his
nesting birds.
From the author of the beloved books Ravens in Winter and A Naturalist at Large,
this richly engaging view of the lives of wild birds, as always with
Heinrich, yields “marvelous, mind-altering” insight and discoveries. —Los Angeles Times
