Owl sense /
by Darlington, Miriam.
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BookPublisher: London : Guardian Faber, 2018Description: vii, 344 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781783350742 (hbk.) :; 1783350741 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 598.97 DARSubject(s): Owls | Popular Science | Popular Science and MathematicsSummary: Owls have captivated the human imagination for millennia. We have fixated on this night hunter as predator, messenger, emblem of wisdom, something pretty to print on a tote bag or portent of doom. Miriam Darlington sets out to tell a new story. Her fieldwork begins with wild encounters in the British Isles and takes her to the frosted borders of the Arctic. In her watching and deep listening to the natural world, she cleaves myth from reality and will change the way you think of this magnificent creature.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 598.97 DAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002953256X |
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| 598.176 HUM Watching waterbirds: 100 birds-- in just one day! | 598.29428 MACC Birds of Marshside | 598.764 DUN The glitter in the green : | 598.97 DAR Owl sense / | 599.094 BUR Mammals of Britain & Europe | 599.33 REE Hedgehogs | 599.332 WAR Hedgehog |
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Owls have captivated the human imagination for millennia. We have fixated on this night hunter as predator, messenger, emblem of wisdom, something pretty to print on a tote bag or portent of doom. Miriam Darlington sets out to tell a new story. Her fieldwork begins with wild encounters in the British Isles and takes her to the frosted borders of the Arctic. In her watching and deep listening to the natural world, she cleaves myth from reality and will change the way you think of this magnificent creature.
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