Lyrebirds Remember

Susan Pulvers

• 01 februari 2014
• 9780987477392

Samenvatting:

This exquisitely illustrated book focuses on the life and recent history of one of the world's most fascinating yet little known birds … the Australian Lyrebird. Each beautiful page is presented as a framed painting belonging to a period of Australian history, beginning before the coming of Euoprean settlement and chronicling the history of the bird and its habitat to the present day. In particular the book focuses on the Lyrebird's astounding ability to remember and imitate the songs and sounds it hears around it and to sing and mimic these sounds. The Lyrebird is a shy, mostly ground-dwelling bird that fills its temperate rainforest home with song and sounds unrivalled in nature for fidelity, musicality and range of repertoire. The illustrations in this book allude on every page to the ever-changing sound world of this lovely and precious bird. Be sure to search for the hidden sounds !