by Peter Hansard and Burton Silver
WHAT BIRD DID THAT? will be an invaluable companion for all those who wish to learn more about birds and what they do.
Ever since the invention and popularization of the automobile one hundred years ago, drivers throughout America have thoughtlessly removed splatters of bird dropping from their windshields and car hoods. They have done this without realizing that each and every splay contains fascinating and valuable information about the bird who did it.
At last, here is a comprehensive field guide to the dejecta of America's most common birds, prepared specially for the motorist. The full color illustrations in this handy glove compartment guide will enable ornithologists, serious birdwatchers, and all those interested in birds to quickly identify which species created which splay. This guide also shows how information regarding diet, physical condition, and the state of its habitat (not normally obtainable by simply sighting a bird), can be readly deduced from a careful reading of its fecal sign.
"...something on every page to delight and intrigue all American bird lovers." The Amateur Ornithologist.