In every respect, in plumage, form, and song, birds vary. “ exhilarating book will leave you as awestruck by the complexities and contradictions of bird life as she is.”Īn enthralling exploration into the extraordinary range of behavior in birds and the new research that is revolutionizing our understanding of it.

US edition (Penguin Press) - UK edition (Corsair) - AUS edition (Scribe) The book is about what we’ve learned about some of the deepest mysteries of the biology and behavior of owls, their individuality, personality, emotions, and intelligence. And also people who work one-on-one with owls to heal them if they’re injured or train them to be animal ambassadors. And it explores the people obsessed with these magnificent birds, from biologists and conservationists who have devoted their lives to owls, to citizen scientists like Steve Hiro, a retired heart surgeon who is now one of the foremost experts on the breeding biology of Northern Pygmy Owls and Marjon Savelsberg, a Dutch musician, classically trained, who has focused her skilled ear on the world of owl vocalizations. It looks at how owls communicate-in much more complicated ways than we ever imagined, how they court, mate, raise their young, whether they act from instinct alone or from intelligence and learning, how they relate to one another-and to us. WHAT AN OWL KNOWS explores what we’ve learned in the past decade or two about owls, those enigmatic, fascinating, and elusive birds. US edition (Penguin Press) - UK edition (Oneworld) - AUS edition (Scribe)

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds

Jennifer ackerman the bird way