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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Birdwatching Magazine's Book of the Month"
"A Birdwatcher's Yearbook Best Bird Book of the Year"
"A quirky, eclectic and informative mix about birds from all compass directions."
---Phil Slade, Another Bird Blog"An educational and entertaining read."
---Eric Brown, News Shopper"Dive into this entertaining and informative book and you will leave with more knowledge than you entered it."
---Bo Beolens, Fat Birder"This is a book you will want to read cover to cover."
---Geoff Carpentier, North Durham Nature Newsletter"A very interesting book, packed with information, well set out with lovely pictures, and I learned a lot more about how birds live together. A thoroughly recommended book."
---Neville Davies, Gwent Wildlife Trust"The author, Marianne Taylor, has clearly done extensive research and showcases colonies from around the world . . . . The chapters are very readable and it is easy to pick up the narrative where you left off, making it accessible for someone entering into the world of colony birds."
---Gill Birtles, British Trust for Ornithology"Marianne Taylor employs her knowledge, humour and substantial experience into something expansive and multifaceted."
---Paul Meadows, British Naturalists Association"An informative and pleasing read for whoever wants to learn about birds’ different forms of social life."
---Gabriel Marcacci, Community Ecology"[An] eclectic, well-written, visually pleasing book."
---J.C. Kricher, CHOICE"This book presents a great summary of how birds have learned to co-exist in close proximity, and how they cope with the stresses that such contact can bring. It is a great example of how to deliver interesting facts in an approachable way."
---Keith Betton, IBIS Book Reviews"An informative and pleasing read."
---Gabriel Marcacci, Community Ecology"This book is perhaps stronger on individual examples . . . those examples are interesting and diverse, covering all the continents and a wide variety of bird species. Like all Princeton University Press books, it is illustrated with dozens of beautiful coloured photographs as well as appropriate maps and other illustrations."
---Tony Payne, The Glasgow Naturalist
