A most remarkable creature the hidden life and epic journey of the world's smartest birds of prey
"An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet a rare and mysterious bird of prey--the caracara--that puzzled Darwin, fascinates modern-day falconers, and carries secrets of our planet's deep past in its family history. In 1833, Charles Darwin was astonished by an animal he met i...
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Flying monkeys. An unanswered question ; Johnny Rooks ; A half-tamed hawk ; The birth of a naturalist ; The most intelligent bird in the world ; The court of the Penguin King
- Far away and long ago. In the wake of the dinosaurs ; A family secret ; The curious case of the missing crows ; The island of giants
- Green mansions. Bush Auntie-Man ; Hymenopteran dreams ; The lost world ; Sweet fishes to eat ; Above the falls
- Between the sky and the sea. Last days of the Guadalupe caracara ; The mysterious falcon of Manco Cáoac ; A new career in a new town ; Land's end
- Epilogue: Return of the Mexican eagle.
