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Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Avian Architecture describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, deconstructing all types of nests found around the world using architectural blueprints and detailed descriptions of the construction processes and engineering techniques birds use. This spectacularly illustrated book features 300 full-color images and more than 35 case studies that profile key species worldwide. Each chapter covers a different type of nest, from tunnel nests and mound nests to floating nests, hanging nests, woven nests, and even multiple-nest avian cities. Other kinds of avian construction--such as bowers and harvest wells--are also featured. Avian Architecture includes intricate step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on nest-building materials and methods, and insightful commentary by a leading expert. Illustrates how birds around the world design, engineer, and build their nests Features architectural blueprints, step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on nest-building materials and methods, and expert commentary Includes 300 full-color images Covers more than 100 bird species worldwide

Birds. --- Birds - Behavior. --- Birds -- Behavior. --- Birds - Nests. --- Birds -- Nests -- Pictorial works. --- Birds -- Nests. --- Nest building. --- Birds --- Nest building --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Vertebrates --- Nests --- Behavior --- Acorn woodpecker. --- American flamingo. --- American robin. --- Arctic tern. --- Baltimore oriole. --- Barn swallow. --- Bee-eater. --- Bird nest. --- Bird. --- Black wheatear. --- Bowerbird. --- Breeding pair. --- Brood (honey bee). --- Burrowing owl. --- Carrion crow. --- Case study. --- Columbidae. --- Common chaffinch. --- Common eider. --- Common tailorbird. --- Common wood pigeon. --- Corvidae. --- Courtship. --- Cowbird. --- Edible bird's nest. --- Edible-nest swiftlet. --- Editing. --- Egg as food. --- Eurasian bittern. --- European bee-eater. --- European robin. --- Ficus. --- Firewood. --- Fledge. --- Flight feather. --- Food storage. --- Galliformes. --- Goose. --- Grackle. --- Granary. --- Great tit. --- Hamerkop. --- Hanging (meat). --- Honeyeater. --- Hornbill. --- Horned coot. --- House sparrow. --- Hummingbird. --- Icterid. --- Illustration. --- Infestation. --- Insect. --- Killdeer. --- Leaf warbler. --- Lyrebird. --- Magpie goose. --- Magpie-lark. --- Malleefowl. --- Mammal. --- Mangrove. --- Mating. --- Megapode. --- Monk parakeet. --- Nest box. --- Nest. --- Old World warbler. --- Opuntia. --- Oropendola. --- Ovenbird (family). --- Parakeet. --- Parasitism. --- Passerine. --- Plumage. --- Precocial. --- Predation. --- Rainforest. --- Ruby-throated hummingbird. --- Sapsucker. --- Satin bowerbird. --- Shrub. --- Song thrush. --- Songbird. --- Sparrow. --- Spider silk. --- Spider web. --- Stork. --- Swiftlet. --- Tailorbird. --- Tit (bird). --- Tooth-billed bowerbird. --- Trogon. --- Vegetation. --- Vogelkop bowerbird. --- Wader. --- Warbler. --- Western rock nuthatch. --- White stork. --- Winter wren. --- Wood warbler. --- Woodpecker. --- Building, Nest --- Building nests --- Construction, Nest --- Nest construction --- Nesting (Animal behavior) --- Nesting behavior --- Nidification --- Animal behavior --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Ornithology --- Construction --- Eggs and nests --- Nests. --- Behavior.

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A beautifully illustrated exploration of the ways birds cohabitFeaturing dramatic and delightful wild bird colonies and communities, How Birds Live Together offers a broad overview of social living in the avian world. From long-established seabird colonies that use the same cliffs for generations to the fast-shifting dynamics of flock formation, leading wildlife writer Marianne Taylor explores the different ways birds choose to dwell together.Through fascinating text, color photos, maps, and other graphics, Taylor examines the advantages of avian sociality and social breeding. Chapters provide detailed information on diverse types of bird colonies, including those species that construct single-family nests close together in trees; those that share large, communal nests housing multiple families; those that nest in tunnels dug into the earth; those that form exposed colonies on open ground and defend them collectively, relying on ferocious aggression; those that live communally on human-made structures in towns and cities; and more. Taylor discusses the challenges, benefits, hazards, and social dynamics of each style of living, and features a wealth of species as examples.Showcasing colonies from the edge of Scotland and the tropical delta of the Everglades to the Namib Desert in Africa, How Birds Live Together gives bird enthusiasts a vivid understanding of avian social communities.

Animal societies. --- Anser (bird). --- Auk. --- Avocet. --- Barn owl. --- Baya weaver. --- Bee-eater. --- Bird colony. --- Bird migration. --- Bird nest. --- Bird of prey. --- Bird strike. --- Bird. --- Birdwatching. --- Black-headed gull. --- Black-winged stilt. --- Breeding pair. --- Brood parasite. --- Burrowing owl. --- Carrion crow. --- Cattle egret. --- Common cuckoo. --- Common starling. --- Common wood pigeon. --- Communal roosting. --- Cooperative breeding. --- Cowbird. --- Diving bird. --- Duck. --- Eastern bluebird. --- Edible bird's nest. --- Edible-nest swiftlet. --- Egret. --- Eurasian magpie. --- Eurasian oystercatcher. --- Eurasian tree sparrow. --- Fairy prion. --- Falcon Nest. --- Feral pigeon. --- Fieldfare. --- Flightless bird. --- Flocking (behavior). --- Flyway. --- Foraging. --- Frigatebird. --- Grassholm. --- Grey heron. --- Hawaiian crow. --- Homing pigeon. --- House sparrow. --- Insect. --- Laysan albatross. --- Magpie goose. --- Mammal. --- Manx shearwater. --- Marine habitats. --- Mayfly. --- Mediterranean gull. --- Monk parakeet. --- Nest box. --- Nest. --- Northern gannet. --- Oilbird. --- Oystercatcher. --- Pair bond. --- Parakeet. --- Passenger pigeon. --- Peregrine falcon. --- Pigeon guillemot. --- Plumage. --- Pygmy falcon. --- Razorbill. --- Red-footed falcon. --- Red-winged blackbird. --- Rock dove. --- Rodent. --- Roseate spoonbill. --- Rosy-faced lovebird. --- Rough-legged buzzard. --- Sandwich tern. --- Seabird. --- Senegal parrot. --- Snowy owl. --- Sociable weaver. --- Social group. --- Sociality. --- Sooty tern. --- Spot-winged falconet. --- Squacco heron. --- Stoat. --- Tern. --- Tree swallow. --- Wader. --- Water bird. --- Waterfowl. --- Whiskered tern. --- White stork. --- White tern. --- Wildlife. --- Wood stork. --- Zebra finch.