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Vogelhochzeit: Von der Balz bis zum Nestbau

Art / Photobook Out of Print
By: James Parry(Author), Susanne Schmidt-Wussow(Translated by)
160 pages, 140 colour photos
Vogelhochzeit: Von der Balz bis zum Nestbau
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  • Vogelhochzeit: Von der Balz bis zum Nestbau ISBN: 9783258077437 Hardback Sep 2012 Out of Print #203639
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Language: German

Bird courtship and display can be one of the most captivating events in the natural world. Vogelhochzeit looks at natural selection and why birds have evolved different reproduction strategies, examining territories, birdsong, displays and dealing with rivals. It also looks at different bird lifestyles, including monogamy, polygamy, polyandry, promiscuity, and communal arrangements, as well as the importance of plumage, including why males are usually brighter and how special plumage features have evolved.

Vogelhochzeit then focuses on some of the most spectacular bird displays, including bittern ('booming', territorial and mating call); superb lyrebird (amazing tail feathers, posture display in special arena); grouse (leks, special calls, plumage features); golden eagle (pendulum flight with both male and female); cranes (dancing displays); ruddy duck (drumming noises, bubbling effects); puffins (bill colours change for breeding season); egrets (elaborate display plumes); frigatebirds (inflatable throat-pouch display), birds-of-paradise (outrageous plumage, hanging displays, vocalization); ruff (special breeding plumage, 'jousting' between males at leks) and phalaropes (role reversal, female brighter and proactive in display). This evocatively written and richly illustrated title will be an essential addition to the library of any keen birdwatcher.

Summary in German:
Waghalsige Flugmanöver, kunstvolle Tänze, betörende Gesänge, verlockende Brautgeschenke, prächtiger Fiederschmuck, Balzturniere, Architekturwettbewerbe – das Werben von Vogelmännchen um das passende Weibchen ist vielfältig und die Vogelbalz eines der fesselndsten jährlich wiederkehrenden Naturschauspiele.

Vogelhochzeit stellt das faszinierende Phänomen der Vogelbalz vor und erklärt die Zusammenhänge, die dahinter stecken: Wie verschiedene Arten mit ihrem Gesang auch um ein Revier kämpfen, das Zugang zu Nahrung und Wasser sowie geeigneten Nistplätzen bieten muss, warum sich Monogamie bei den meisten Vogelarten lohnt, oder wie das Balzritual zwischen Männchen und Weibchen auch die Bindung des Vogelpaares verstärkt, eine wichtige Voraussetzung für erfolgreiche Jungenaufzucht.

Abgerundet wird das reich illustrierte Buch mit Kapiteln zu Nestbau, Brutgeschäft und Jungenaufzucht. Denn der jährliche Fortpflanzungszyklus der Vögel findet erst einen erfolgreichen Abschluss, wenn die gesunden Jungvögel selbstständig werden.

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Art / Photobook Out of Print
By: James Parry(Author), Susanne Schmidt-Wussow(Translated by)
160 pages, 140 colour photos
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