book about birds. Huge, in fact. I didn't get more than half-way in before I was so chock-full of avian knowledge that I had to quit. But I'll be back. And gorgeous? The cover photo is accurately indicative. Pictures are amazing - there is one of a sleeping flamingo that looks just like a lush pink flower on a leafless stem. How can they sleep like that, balanced on one incredibly skinny and fragile leg? Looks mighty precarious to me. The book includes your garden-variety birds - sparrows, bluebirds, finches, crows. (Garden birds, get it? Ha!) Then there are those that appear to be creatures from another planet. I'm looking at you, Shoebill. When you get a chance, pick this one up. (Use both hands. I told you it was big.)Bird : the definitive visual guide
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