White Feathers: The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows

by Bernd Heinrich

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Heinrich is sparked one early spring day by a question: Why does a pair of swallows in a nest-box close to his Maine cabin show an unvarying preference for white feathers - not easily available nearby - as nest lining? He notices, too, the extreme aggressiveness of “his” swallows toward some other swallows of their own kind. And he wonders, given swallows’ reputation for feistiness, at the extraordinary tameness and close contact he experiences with his nesting birds.
  • ISBN10 1328604411
  • ISBN13 9781328604415
  • Publish Date 2 March 2020 (first published 1 February 2020)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 5 April 2024
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Mariner Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Language English