Author: TYRRELL, ESTHER QUESADA
Title: Hummingbirds: Softcover Their Life and Behavior. A Photographic Study of the North American Species
Description: New York: Crown Publishers, 1985. First Edition (?). Soft Cover. ISBN: 0517553368. Illustrated by Robert A. Tyrrell. SOFTCOVER is self wraps. Blue spine with gold lettering. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Lavishly illustrated with 235 color photographs, in addition to color and b/w drawings. "Robert Tyrell, the world's foremost photgrapher of hummingbirds, has sucessfully captured on film the utterly fascinating day-to-day activities of our colorful North American species. Included among....pictures are never-before-photographed sequences such as nesting, molting, preening and territorial agression, as well as an unprecedented portfolio of hummingbirds feeding from wildflowers. Esther Tyrrell has written the accompanying illuminating text, by far the most complete and up-to-date information on hummingbirds ever assembled, which will make this book the definitive source for both scientists and the general reader for years to come..." Oversized/ 3#. ; B & W and color illustrations; 9 x 12; xi, 212 pages; Cover has light shelf wear, bumping, rubbing/scuffing.. Near Fine .

Keywords: 0517553368 Birds; Bird Breeds; Wild Animals; Wild Life; Ornithology; Science; Photographers; Photojournal; Photojournalism; Animals Education Science American History Art Geography Reference Horticulture/Botany/Plants/Gardening