The Thing with Feathers, Noah Strycker
The Thing with Feathers, Noah Strycker
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The Thing with Feathers
The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human

Author: Noah Strycker

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 8 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/25/2017

Categories: Nonfiction, Nature, Animals


Synopsis

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, the lifelong loves of albatrosses, and other mysteries—revealing why birds do what they do, and offering a glimpse into our own nature.

Drawing deep from personal experience, cutting-edge science, and colorful history, Noah Strycker spins captivating stories about the birds in our midst and shares the startlingly intimate coexistence of birds and humans. With humor, style, and grace, he shows how our view of the world is often, and remarkably, through the experience of birds.

About Noah Strycker

Noah Strycker is a writer, photographer, and bird man based near Eugene, Oregon. In 2015, during a quest spanning forty-one countries and all seven continents, he set a world record by seeing 6,042 species of birds-more than half the birds on Earth-in one calendar year. He has also written two well-received books, The Thing with Feathers and Among Penguins, and is associate editor of Birding magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Zola on March 05, 2015

I can't even handle that Noah Strycker is my age and he's already written two books about birds I AM WASTING MY LIFE......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on December 25, 2021

I think 'The Thing with Feathers' is a terrible title, but the author Noah Strycker is a very lively writer. He clearly loves watching birds and learning from scientists why they behave as they do. I am not a bird watcher but I am loving reading about birds. Strycker has found physicists love to stu......more

Goodreads review by Skyeofskynet on December 31, 2017

To tak naprawdę jest moja 40. książka, bo jedną czytałam co trzecie zdanie. To byłaby bardzo fajna książka, gdyby autor nie skrecał non stop w dygresje. Część o ptakach jest bardzo ciekawa. Ta z dygresjami - nie zawsze i niekoniecznie.......more

Goodreads review by Biblio on February 07, 2014

This could have been titled Birds and Philosophy. Noah Strycker illustrates interesting behavior in the bird world, and compares it with human behavior. Sometimes it's unexpected behavior, other times it's downright startling. As we learn more about what makes other creatures tick, it gets harder to......more