pickJust an all around good time, full of amazing facts. Ackerman speaks well, with both empathy and an even-keeled understanding of how harsh nature can be. It's refreshing to hear not just the acknowledgement that the flaw in many studies may be the way humans choose to perceive and judge things based on our limited perspective, 1/?
I mean, fascinating discovery, but you gotta figure the first thing that firefighter thought was “you little bastard....“ 😆🔥👨🏼🚒
Recent acquisition:
📖 In the Company of Crows and Ravens by John M. Marzluff and Tony Angell
so-soThis had some interesting parts, but was a little bit dry for me. I‘m liking the insects book much more. #Naturalitsy @AllDebooks
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Our discussion thread for February's #buddyread
🐦⬛ Did you like the author's writing style?
🦃 Did you have a favourite chapter/bird?
🐦 Did that differ from the one you expected to like most? If so, why?
📚 Would you recommend this author or try his other books?
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bailedLove the idea, but it's just not working for me in execution. Moss gives far too broad an overview of each bird to engage me as a reader. If you have even the most basic knowledge of any of these birds, you are likely not going to learn anything new here. For me, this would have been more effective if it delved into one specific thing/story about each bird (kind of like Eight Bears did), rather than try to do a complete overview in 30-40 pages.
Here are my February #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks. It's been a while since I read a non-fiction book so I'm going with What An Owl Knows for brown on the cover. Definitely had to look through some book covers to find one with brown on it - funny enough both from last month had brown. I am reading Indian Horse for OhCanada anyways and it has green on the cover.
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The author is also ready and eager to point out when conclusions are preliminary/under supported by existing evidence. The idea of always asking more questions, realizing that answers may be more complex than first thought, it feels necessary to any non-fiction/science-based work. 1w
⚠️animal abuse, animal death 1w