# Stray Feathers From a Bird Man's Desk

Author: Rand, Austin Loomer, 1905-1982

Genre: Category: Science - Biology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66306

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Stray+Feathers+From+a+Bird+Man%27s+Desk+Rand&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

PAGE Introduction 9 Birds Using Tools 15 Birds as Brigands 19 Birds Bathing 22 How Birds Anoint Their Feathers 25 Traveling Birds' Nests 28 Maladaptation in Birds 31 Feathered Baby Sitters and Co-op Nursery Nests 35 Birds' Nests and Their Soup 38 Walled Wives of Hornbills 42 Buried Eggs and Young 45 The Snowy Owl as a Trade Index 48 Monkey Birds 51 Bird-Made Incubators 54 Cormorant Fishing 57 The Shrike's Larder 60 Bird Flavors 63 How Many Feathers Has a Bird? 66 Last Year's Birds' Nests 69 Symbiosis--Animals Living in Mixed Households 73 Bird Apartment Houses 77 Bird Helpers at Nesting Time 81 A Name for a Boat 84 Weavers and Tailors in the Bird World 88 Social Parasites among Birds 91 F...

## Chapters

- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stray-feathers-from-a-bird-man-s-desk-66306/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stray-feathers-from-a-bird-man-s-desk-66306/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stray-feathers-from-a-bird-man-s-desk-66306/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stray-feathers-from-a-bird-man-s-desk-66306/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stray-feathers-from-a-bird-man-s-desk-66306/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stray-feathers-from-a-bird-man-s-desk-66306/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stray-feathers-from-a-bird-man-s-desk-66306/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stray-feathers-from-a-bird-man-s-desk-66306/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stray-feathers-from-a-bird-man-s-desk-66306/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stray-feathers-from-a-bird-man-s-desk-66306/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/stray-feathers-from-a-bird-man-s-desk-66306/chapters/11/index.md)