Birds in the City. Where to Find and How to Recognize

Small and large, bright and inconspicuous, modest and ubiquitous, birds have long become our neighbors in the city. What are they like — the feathered inhabitants of metropolises, where can we meet them, how to identify them by plumage and voice, and how to help them during the frosty winter? Let's get acquainted quickly!

In the pages of the book, you can take a detailed look at 36 birds that live in parks, wastelands, along pond banks, on streets, and rooftops, learn why they are attracted to cities, and which birds can be tamed.

Also — how to distinguish a swallow from a swift, which bird has mastered the profession of a plasterer, and which one of a carpenter, what birds and dinosaurs have in common, which birds sleep while flying, and where the expressions "white crow" and "bird's milk" come from. Do you think that's all? Not at all. The authors will also tell you which birds form gangs and commit robberies, how many elements are in a nightingale's song, and why pigeons love to sit on balconies and windowsills.

With the help of a smartphone, you will be able to listen to the voices of the birds, so you can definitely recognize them upon encounter.