What an owl knows the new science of the world's most enigmatic birds
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific exploration of owls, the most elusive group of birds, and an investigation into why these remarkable and yet mysterious animals exert such a hold on human imagination. For centuries, owls have...
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New York :
Penguin Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: Who knew
- Making sense of owls : unpacking the mysteries
- What's it like to be an owl : indigenous adaptations
- Owling : studying the world's most enigmatic birds
- Who gives a hoot : owl talk
- What it takes to make an owl : courting and breeding
- To stay or to go : roosting and migrating
- An owl in the hand : learning from captive birds
- Half bird, half spirit : owls and the human imagination
- What an owl knows : how wise are owls?
- Afterword: Saving owls : protecting what we love.
