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Historia4 out of 5 stars 465
In One Wild Bird at a Time, Heinrich returns to his great love: close, day-to-day observations of individual wild birds. Heinrich's observations lead to fascinating questions - and sometimes startling discoveries. A great crested flycatcher bringing food to the young acts surreptitiously and is attacked by the mate. Why? A pair of northern flickers hammering their nest-hole into the side of Heinrich's cabin delivers the opportunity to observe the feeding competition between siblings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Adventure In Nature
- De Sara en 12-21-16
De: Bernd Heinrich
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The Armchair Birder
- Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds
- De: John Yow
- Narrado por: Kevin Young
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 115
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 90
While birding literature is filled with tales of expert observers spotting rare species in exotic locales, John Yow reminds us that the most fascinating birds can be the ones perched right outside our windows. In thirty-five engaging and sometimes irreverent vignettes, Yow reveals the fascinating lives of the birds we see nearly every day. Following the seasons, he covers forty-two species, discussing the improbable, unusual, and comical aspects of his subjects' lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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If You Love Birds . . . Grab It!
- De Kathy in CA en 02-23-17
De: John Yow
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The Wonder of Birds
- What They Tell Us About Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future
- De: Jim Robbins
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Birds, Jim Robbins posits, are our most vital connection to nature. They compel us to look to the skies, both literally and metaphorically, draw us out into nature to seek their beauty, and let us experience vicariously what it is like to be weightless. Birds have helped us in so many of our human endeavors: learning to fly, providing clothing and food, and helping us better understand the human brain and body.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stories about birds with something for everyone
- De D en 07-24-17
De: Jim Robbins
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Feathers
- The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
- De: Thor Hanson
- Narrado por: Andy Ingalls
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 149
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 150
Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: Aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They date back more than 100 million years. Yet their story has never been fully told. In Feathers, biologist Thor Hanson details a sweeping natural history, as feathers have been used to fly, protect, attract, and adorn through time and place. Applying the research of paleontologists, ornithologists, biologists, engineers, and even art historians, Hanson asks: What are feathers? How did they evolve? What do they mean to us?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Science and Fun
- De Chris Reich en 12-28-14
De: Thor Hanson
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The Bald Eagle
- The Improbable Journey of America's Bird
- De: Jack E. Davis
- Narrado por: Dan John Miller
- Duración: 15 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 30
The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you’re not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as “majestic” and “noble,” yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I thought the book would be about the bald eagle
- De An Amazon Buyer en 10-25-22
De: Jack E. Davis
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The Thing with Feathers
- The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
- De: Noah Strycker
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 8 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As we learn more about the secrets of bird life, we are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, relationships, game theory, and the nature of intelligence itself. The Thing with Feathers explores the astonishing homing abilities of pigeons, the good deeds of fairy-wrens, the influential flocking abilities of starlings, the deft artistry of bowerbirds, the extraordinary memories of nutcrackers, and other mysteries.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book, terrible reader
- De MGM123 en 03-16-18
De: Noah Strycker
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
- De: Elisabeth Tova Bailey
- Narrado por: Renee Raudman
- Duración: 3 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 319
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 275
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 277
Elisabeth Tova Bailey tells the intimate and inspiring story of her year-long encounter with a snail. While an illness keeps her bedridden, she becomes an astute and amused observer of the snail's surprising nocturnal adventures as it lives in a flowerpot on her nightstand. Intrigued by the snail’s clear decision making abilities, hydraulic locomotion, mysterious courtship, and molluscan anatomy, Bailey takes the listener deep into the life of this tiny amazing animal. With wit and grace, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating recounts a remarkable journey of human and gastropod survival and resilience, and shows how the natural world illuminates our own human existence. Winner of the William Saroyan International Prize for Nonfiction, the John Burrough Medal Award for Natural History, and a National Outdoor Book Award. If you enjoyed Wesley the Owl, The Guest Cat, and Marley & Me, you'll enjoy this unique interspecies audiobook listen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is an unexpected wonder. The quiet virtues of the snail reflect the quiet voyage of the author.
- De Frances en 08-03-15
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The Galápagos
- A Natural History
- De: Henry Nicholls
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 5 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
The Galapagos were once known to the sailors and pirates who encountered them as Las Encantadas: the enchanted islands, home to exotic creatures and dramatic volcanic scenery. In The Galapagos, science writer Henry Nicholls offers a lively natural and human history of the archipelago, charting its evolution from deserted wilderness to scientific resource (made famous by Charles Darwin) and global ecotourism hot spot.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought-Provoking
- De Jean en 10-23-18
De: Henry Nicholls
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Gifts of the Crow
- How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans
- De: John Marzluff, Tony Angell
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 252
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 204
New research indicates that crows are among the brightest animals in the world. And professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington John Marzluff has done some of the most extraordinary research on crows, which has been featured in the New York Times, National Geographic, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as on NPR and PBS. Now he teams up with artist and fellow naturalist Tony Angell to offer an in-depth look at these incredible creatures - in a book that is brimming with surprises.
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4 out of 5 stars
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You Will Never Look At A Crow The Same Way Again
- De Diane en 06-30-12
De: John Marzluff, y otros
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The Hidden Life of Trees
- What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World
- De: Peter Wohlleben
- Narrado por: Mike Grady
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,246
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,367
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,329
How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings? Research is now suggesting trees are capable of much more than we have ever known. In The Hidden Life of Trees, forester Peter Wohlleben puts groundbreaking scientific discoveries into a language everyone can relate to.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tree Hugger
- De Darwin8u en 04-18-19
De: Peter Wohlleben
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The Great Animal Orchestra
- Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places
- De: Bernie Krause
- Narrado por: Bernie Krause
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the world's leading experts in natural sound, and he's spent his life discovering and recording nature's rich chorus. Searching far beyond our modern world's honking horns and buzzing machinery, he has sought out the truly wild places that remain, where natural soundscapes exist virtually unchanged from when the earliest humans first inhabited the earth.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too frustrating to put up with
- De Steve Gross en 07-17-12
De: Bernie Krause
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Monster of God
- De: David Quammen
- Narrado por: Brian Holsopple
- Duración: 16 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 96
For millennia, lions, tigers, and their man-eating kin have kept our dark, scary forests dark and scary, and their predatory majesty has been the stuff of folklore. But by the year 2150 big predators may only exist on the other side of glass barriers and chain-link fences. Their gradual disappearance is changing the very nature of our existence. We no longer occupy an intermediate position on the food chain; instead we survey it invulnerably from above - so far above that we are in danger of forgetting that we even belong to an ecosystem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, shame about the performance
- De Shirzy en 05-23-18
De: David Quammen
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In the Company of Bears
- What Black Bears Have Taught Me About Intelligence and Intuition
- De: Benjamin Kilham
- Narrado por: George Backman
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Imagine raising an orphaned bear cub, carefully reintroducing her to the wild, then being welcomed back, almost daily, to observe her wild world for more than 17 years. Imagine visiting her in her feeding spots, watching her with her mates and her young, peering into her den, and, over time, observing the lives of all the other wild bears in her territory and surrounding ones. That is what happened to Ben Kilham.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Bear book I have read!
- De Walking With Bears en 06-02-21
De: Benjamin Kilham
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A Most Remarkable Creature
- The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey
- De: Jonathan Meiburg
- Narrado por: Jonathan Meiburg
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 533
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 530
An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey called caracaras, which puzzled Darwin, fascinate modern-day falconers, and carry secrets of our planet's deep past in their family history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I don't leave reviews often, but . . .
- De Steven L Peck en 06-24-21
De: Jonathan Meiburg
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The Beak of the Finch
- A Story of Evolution in Our Time
- De: Jonathan Weiner
- Narrado por: Victor Bevine
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 463
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 373
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 372
Rosemary and Peter Grant and those assisting them have spend 20 years on Daphne Major, an island in the Galapagos, studying natural selection. They recognize each individual bird on the island, when there are 400 at the time of the author's visit or when there are over a thousand. They have observed about 20 generations of finches - continuously.Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating in-depth look at evolution in action
- De Philip en 05-15-11
De: Jonathan Weiner
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
- A New History of a Lost World
- De: Steve Brusatte
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,349
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,907
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,887
In this stunning narrative spanning more than 200 million years, Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field - discovering 10 new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldwork - masterfully tells the complete, surprising, and new history of the dinosaurs, drawing on cutting-edge science to dramatically bring to life their lost world and illuminate their enigmatic origins, spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversity, cataclysmic extinction, and startling living legacy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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"The Rise of the Scientists Who Study Dinosaurs"
- De Daniel Powell en 09-16-18
De: Steve Brusatte
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How to Read Nature
- An Expert's Guide to Discovering the Outdoors You've Never Noticed
- De: Tristan Gooley
- Narrado por: Qarie Marshall
- Duración: 3 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 122
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 99
Nobody wakes up in the morning and decides to shut down their senses and stumble through each day in an oblivious bubble, and yet some people end up having much richer experiences than others. In this guidebook, natural navigator Tristan Gooley strives to reawaken our senses to help us understand and deepen our personal experience of nature. His message is to connect - however we can and to whatever draws us in.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A fool sees not the same tree a wise man sees
- De Mark A Bleakley en 08-07-18
De: Tristan Gooley
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-06-24
excellent owl info
The author not only describes owl species in detail but as importantly, explains their current (2015) population status. It is on us to protect birds' habitat to ensure their survival on this planet. Time is short, as shown in species after species.
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