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The New York Pigeon
Engelsk Hardback
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The New York Pigeon
Engelsk Hardback

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The New York Pigeon reveals the unexpected beauty of the omnipresent pigeon as if Vogue devoted its pages to birds, not fashion models. In spite of pigeons'' ubiquity in New York and other cities, we never really see them closely and know very little about their function in the urban ecosystem. This book brings to light the intriguing history, behaviour, and splendour of a bird so often overlooked. While The New York Pigeon is primarily a photography book, it also tells the five-thousand-year story of the feral pigeon. Why are pigeons so successful in cities and not in the countryside? Why do they have such diverse plumage? How have pigeons adapted to survive on almost any food? Why are pigeons able to fly up to 500 miles per day but rarely do? How did Harvard psychologist B.F. Skinner teach pigeons to do complicated tasks, from tracking missile targets to recognizing individual human faces? Why can pigeons see in the ultraviolet light spectrum, and why is half of their brain used for visual perception? The second edition of The New York Pigeon, with its fresh portraiture and new essay from Catherine Quayle of the Wild Bird Fund, presents dramatic, hyper-real studio portraits capturing the personalities, expressiveness, glorious feather iridescence, and deeply hued eyes of the New York pigeon.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
160
ISBN-13:
9781648230745
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1648230741
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
19 sep 2024
Længde:
21mm
Bredde:
287mm
Højde:
224mm
Forlag:
powerHouse Books,U.S.
Oplagsdato:
19 sep 2024
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