Living with Birds, Len Howard
Living with Birds, Len Howard
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Living with Birds

Author: Len Howard

Narrator: Jane Slavin

Unabridged: 9 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/06/2025


Synopsis

Brought to you by Penguin.

Following the success of Birds as Individuals, Len Howard spent the 1950s continuing to deepen her understanding of the birds in her garden.

This book tells the story of one exceptional great tit that Len called Star. With patience, consistency and sensitivity, Len succeeds in teaching this little bird to count using taps. Star's character and intelligence is revealed in this intimate bird biography, unlike any told before. In opening her home to wild birds, Len gains their trust enough to make astonishing discoveries about their capabilities.

Full of joy and wonder, as well as deep knowledge and fascinating detail, Living with Birds also takes in the story of a lame fledgling, tales of great tit parents and their babies, observations of migrant birds, and how exactly Len succeeded in developing such unusual relationships with wild birds.

'Howard seems to have stood on the brink of communication with a wild bird, something till now hardly conceivable...awe-inspiring' Observer

© Len Howard 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abhinav on October 03, 2022

I seem to be making a tradition of this, but this is yet another book I picked up as research material for my novel project, that turned out to be a marvel. Maybe research is only pretext for me to step far out of my usual reading circles, because this one certainly was. I have to confess I know lit......more

Goodreads review by Laurian on December 11, 2024

Dit was hartstikke leuk en super fascinerend. Alleen al voor de opofferingen die Howard heeft doorstaan voor de vogels, verdient dit 5 sterren. Twee citaten ter illustratie: "Al vele jaren vliegen er zo'n veertig (...) vogelsoorten in en rond mijn huis. Het interieur van het huis is op hun aanwezighe......more

Goodreads review by Els on May 05, 2023

Leven met vogels. Door: Len Howard. Dankzij het uitermate fascinerende boek Het vogelhuis, van de geweldige Eva Meijer, leerde ik Len Howard kennen. Howard die stierf voor ik geboren werd maar wiens 2 boeken nog steeds aanraders en must reads zijn. Eerst was er Vogels als huisgenoten en nu, 3 jaar la......more

Goodreads review by Rein on July 08, 2024

Fascinerende beschrijvingen van Len Howard (1894-1973) over haar observaties van de vogels met wie ze in Ditchling, Sussex in de jaren vijftig samenwoonde. Het waren vooral mezen met wie ze haar huisje deelde en een ervan, die ze Ster noemde, was een bijzondere vogel. Ster leerde om te tellen door h......more

Goodreads review by Annabel on September 13, 2023

Ontzettend leuke combi tussen informatief en roman-achtig......more