One Wild Bird at a Time

Portraits of Individual Lives

By: Bernd Heinrich

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

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 and to make a related discovery about nest cleaning. One of a clutch of redstart warbler babies fledges out of the nest from 20 feet above the ground and lands on the grass below. It can't fly. What will happen next?

©2016 Bernd Heinrich (P)2016 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Inspiring

I love this author. This book in particular inspired me to be more diligent in making and documenting my own observations.

Thoroughly enjoyable

I enjoyed the stories, and learned quite a bit. I will say that you would probably have to be a bird lover to like this book (which I am).

I'm not actually a bird fan. . . but

I bought this book by mistake one day, it was on sale, not what I thought it was. anyways that said. I listened to the whole thing. some pretty interesting things in here. I really liked when he tried to help the one bird, not spoiling lol but any bird enthusiastic people should enjoy this book I think

Numbers heavy, but still a lot of fun.

The authors passion for birds and his patience in watching and recording facts is impressing. Mostly it makes for a fun and educating listen, if a bit heavy in numbers and facts about temperatures, dates, number of bird calls and droppings etc. (The grouse scat weighed in at 1.2 grams...)

Me having had no interest in bird watching, this was a small revelation. Actually I enjoyed the authors evident passion for birds as much as I enjoyed the bird "stories" themselves.

Narration was good. Probably not a very taxing task, since there were no need for accents or emotions to be conveyed. Just a pleasant unobtrusive narration. I'm giving an extra star for the Barred Owl calls. Made me smile every time.

For All Birders

This was an easy listen; I had been a bit worried. Well written and edited. This is not a listing of birds, but pretty much a day-by-day chronicle of the birds in the author's life.

Listen and See the World Anew!

Bernd Heinrich has no living equal in his ability to convey the joys of becoming intimate with the natural world. He has a child's open wonder and curiosity combined with the mind and experience of a brilliant scientist. With his compellingly constructed real-life stories, Bernd will draw you into a world that is better than magic--it's real, available to you, and you'll learn how to access it just by listening and being entertained. Start now and see the world anew!

You are in good hands with this one.

Imagine being with a very enthusiastic and knowledgeable birdwatcher friend talking to you about his experiences with birds. That's what it feels like listening to this work. A lot of intriguing facts and observations are laid out in a manner that piques your curiosity. I really enjoyed going along.

One thing I found a little incongruous was the manner in which the narrater read it. While the author's words are passionate, the narrator's reading is rather on the dispassionate and objective tone. I would've enjoyed it even more if it was read in a more enthusiastic manner than the cool, dispassionate style. But still it doesn't change the fact that it's a great listen and time well spent luxuriating in bird trivia.

Well narrated and written.

This was very interesting and I really learned a lot about nature and our bird friends♡

Surprisingly delightful

I did not expect this to hold my attention, but I enjoyed this so much....yes we are in an extreme winter, and thinking of the birds return is nice, but this was not limited to spring alone.

Great introduction

Wondrous birds and wondrous tidbits and a wonderful narrator.
It all makes for a mini vacation you can pick up anytime.