{"product_id":"the-bird-way-a-new-look-at-how-birds-talk-work-play-parent-and-think-paperback","title":"The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Ackerman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Genius of Birds \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhat an Owl Knows\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 -- how they live and how they think.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There is the mammal way and there is the bird way.\" But the bird way is much more than a unique pattern of brain wiring, and lately, scientists have taken a new look at bird behaviors they have, for years, dismissed as anomalies or mysteries -- What they are finding is upending the traditional view of how birds conduct their lives, how they communicate, forage, court, breed, survive. They are also revealing the remarkable intelligence underlying these activities, abilities we once considered uniquely our own: deception, manipulation, cheating, kidnapping, infanticide, but also ingenious communication between species, cooperation, collaboration, altruism, culture, and play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome of these extraordinary behaviors are biological conundrums that seem to push the edges of, well, birdness: a mother bird that kills her own infant sons, and another that selflessly tends to the young of other birds as if they were her own; a bird that collaborates in an extraordinary way with one species--ours--but parasitizes another in gruesome fashion; birds that give gifts and birds that steal; birds that dance or drum, that paint their creations or paint themselves; birds that build walls of sound to keep out intruders and birds that summon playmates with a special call--and may hold the secret to our own penchant for playfulness and the evolution of laughter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on personal observations, the latest science, and her bird-related travel around the world, from the tropical rainforests of eastern Australia and the remote woodlands of northern Japan, to the rolling hills of lower Austria and the islands of Alaska's Kachemak Bay, Jennifer Ackerman shows there is clearly no single bird way of being. In every respect, in plumage, form, song, flight, lifestyle, niche, and behavior, birds vary. It is what we love about them. As E.O Wilson once said, when you have seen one bird, you have not seen them all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Ackerman has been writing about science and nature for more than three decades. Her most recent book, \u003ci\u003eWhat an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, explores recent findings on the biology, behavior, and conservation of owls. A bestseller, it was selected as a best book of 2023 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Economist, The Times \u003c\/i\u003e(UK), and NPR's Science Friday. Her previous book, \u003ci\u003eThe Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWork\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlay\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eand Think\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the PEN\/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Her \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling book, \u003ci\u003eThe Genius of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, has been translated into twenty-eight languages and was named one of the best nonfiction books of 2016 by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, a Best Science Book by NPR's \u003ci\u003eScience Friday\u003c\/i\u003e, and a Nature Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eBirds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity\u003c\/i\u003e. Ackerman's articles and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bunting Institute, and a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49617436442776,"sku":"9780735223035","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/jFu6EzP61M9780735223035.webp?v=1785513117","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bird-way-a-new-look-at-how-birds-talk-work-play-parent-and-think-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}