Birds from the Inside Out

Birds! From the Inside Out

The Ultimate Companion book for interested birders — those beginning to ask those ”why“ questions!

“Dan Gleason has digested structure, form, function, and behavior of birds of North America into 161 interesting and readable pages.”
— Penny Eliston,
IWRC Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation

Are home schooling parents seeking books for science- or bird-focused students?
Looking for a good basic text for an adult or senior birding group?

Birds! From the Inside Out was written by a college ornithology instructor for a series of community education classes he taught for a local Audubon chapter.

Written for easy understanding, Birds! From the Inside Out is a generously illustrated compendium of information about the lives of birds.

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• Easy-to-find information,
• Novice birders say it's easy to understand,
• Discusses bird biology, structure and function, as well as behavior, throughout birds' lives,
• Illustrations aid clarity and help with details,
• Index provides access to material.

Used by:
• Useful for field and general science classes,
• Found helpful for home-schooling high-school students,
• Base textbook for Audubon Centers' Master Birding classes,
• Wildlife rehabilitators find it helpful for identification and lifestyle information,
• Bird-watchers nationwide use it to accompany their field guides.

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Reviews and Kudos

“I love it. It's the only book of its kind and is at a perfect level for undergraduate non-science majors … it's not too expensive, which is good for the students … It's well organized, with each chapter corresponding to a core concept in biology: anatomy, behavior, ecology.”

— Marine bird & mammal instructor, community college

“I was looking for options for a textbook when I ran across your book. There are really only about 2 actual textbooks for ornithology and they are both extremely expensive and too detailed for a one quarter course. I was looking for something more concise and I found yours worked well last year.”

— College Ornithology Professor

“Dan Gleason has digested structure, form, function, and behavior of birds of North America into 161 interesting and readable pages. Though he may mention color and plumge … he has chosen to elaborate on many less obvious characteristics-for example, how monogamy, the various forms of polygamy, promiscuity, and leks may benefit each species. For rehabilitators, the variety of toe arrangements and how they influence a lifestyle are often more important in establishing identification than color. Barbara Gleason's illustrations depict these differences with nice clarity. Her portraits are captivating, from the marsh wren declaring his dominion to the eye lashes on a young burrowing owl.”

— Penny Eliston, wildlife rehabilitator, IWRC Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation

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