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The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
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This is not your typical field guide. The Book of Birds is a breathtaking look at the dazzling world of birds through their habitats, flight patterns, songs and more.
From the best-selling authors of The Lost Words, a dazzling celebration of endangered birds.
The Book of Birds is a field guide with a difference: It shows readers not just how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them. Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris conjure the unique spirit of nearly fifty once-common species: avocet to yellowhammer, kestrel to kingfisher, skylark to nightingale. In lyrical and incantatory essays, Macfarlane describes each bird’s habits and habitats, their...
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