title: Bald Coot and Screaming Loon: Adventures in the Curious, Mysterious and Remarkable World of Birds
author:  Niall Edworthy 
description: After an abortive encounter with birds during Spring break, a teenaged Edworthy gave up his dream of nature photography for writing; with a number books under his belt (The Curious Gardener's Almanac, The Optimist's/Pessimist's Handbook), he returns to his early passion for "the magical enigma" of birds with a guidebook aimed at general readers, rather than committed bird-watchers. Full of fascinating information and trivia presented in a well-illustrated, magazine-like layout, Edworthy's volume discusses topics like the probability that birds and reptiles share a common, 145-million-year-old ancestor, the crow-sized "Archaeopterix," and the myth that birds are largely monogamous (although swans, albatrosses and most birds of prey "do settle down for life"). Surprisingly, he overlooks some recent research-like a 2007 study contradicting his assertion that, in most instances, only male birds sing-but is largely reliable in his discussion of bird behavior, providing colorful anecdotes for characteristics like problem solving in crows: "in Japanese cities crows drop walnuts in front of cars ... and wait for an obliging wheel to break the shell open." <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  #  JUST FOR THE BIRDS
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Jinx Schwartz
  
  
  Copyright 2018
  
  
  
  
  
  Book 10: Hetta Coffey series
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  The characters and events in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to
  persons, whether living or dead, is strictly coincidental. All rights
  reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by
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  ##  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter One](part0000_split_004.html#_Toc517545984)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0000_split_005.html#_Toc517545985)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](part0000_split_006.html#_Toc517545986)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](part0000_split_007.html#_Toc517545987)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](part0000_split_008.html#_Toc517545988)
  
  
  [Chapter Six](part0000_split_009.html#_Toc517545989)
  
  
  [Chapter Seven](part000