{"product_id":"9781472152923-the-bird-way","title":"The Bird Way","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Genius of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, a radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's flight and egg and feathers and song. It's the demure plumage of a mountain thornbill and the extravagant tail feathers of an Indian paradise flycatcher, the solo song of a superb lyrebird and the perfectly timed duets of canebrake wrens, an osprey's hurtling dive toward the sea, and a long-legged heron's still, patient eyeing of the dark water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is no single bird way of being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on personal observations, the latest science, and her bird-related travel around the world, Jennifer Ackerman playfully explores our dramatically shifting understanding of these magnificent animals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jennifer Ackerman knows what she's talking about.Her knack for catching the personalities of different species in gorgeous, playful prose further collapses comfortable barriers between the human and the birdlike' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The real joy of [this] book is its close attention to some of the specialists of the region. Ackerman is alive to the humour at play in field research ' Mark Cocker, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40012661915745,"sku":"9781472152923","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29788093.jpg?v=1725782745","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472152923-the-bird-way","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}