Birds in Love: The Secret Courting and Mating Rituals of Extraordinary Birds
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Secret amours! Treetop trysts! Sweet songs of woo! Wild mating dances!Birds in Love is the first natural history of the hidden love life of the feathered world, a tale too torrid to be told—until now! Come along with inquisitive photographer and birdwatcher Jean Léveillé to spy on the steamy love affairs of some extraordinary feathered creatures. The courting rituals of birds are the most thrilling—even, yes, seductive—of all avian behavior to birders: dazzling plumage, bizarre dances, rapturous melodies, all of which can mean only one thing—love!Birds in Love answers that age-old question—just what is going on in those bushes?
ContentsIntroductionPurple-throated CaribsTree SwallowsWhite-throated and White-crowned SparrowsAfrican JacanasDouble-crested CormorantsCommon RavensRed-winged BlackbirdsWhite TernsRoyal TernsMute SwansWhite IbisesDemoiselle CranesCommon LoonsCedar WaxwingsOstrichesNorthern GannetsGreat BowerbirdsAtlantic PuffinsAmerican White PelicansPurple SwamphensAnhingasHamerkopsOspreysMourning DovesWhite StorksGreat EgretsPeafowlWood DucksMallardsCardinalsBurrowing OwlsEastern Bluebirds
