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This brilliant book from acclaimed National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore celebrates the beauty of all birds, great and small.

A colourful and comprehensive handbook packed with all the basic skills and knowledge you need to become a better birder.

There are 10,000 species of birds in the world, in 2015 Noah Strycker spotted 6,042 of them and earned an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for this remarkable achievement. Noah Strycker set himself a goal: to become the first person to see half the world’s birds in one year. Traveling to 41 countries, on all seven continents, with a backpack, binoculars and a series of one-way tickets, it was the greatest adventure in birding.Noah journeys to Madagascar, India, Central Africa and South America and meets a colourful cast of fellow birders across the world. He discovers a world of blood-sucking leeches, chronic sleep deprivation, floods, war zones, ecologic devastation and conservation triumphs, and finds that sometimes the rarest birds show up in the most familiar of places. By pursuing the freest creatures on the planet, Noah gains a unique perspective on the world birds share with us—and offers a hopeful message that even as many birds face an uncertain future, more people than ever are working to protect them. Noah has a rare thirst for adventure, and Birding Without Borders is a celebration of birdwatching as a way to discover nature “at a time when significant chunks of society rarely venture outdoors”. Inspiring readers to explore the world, Noah provides a lesson in living life to the full from a birder’s perspective.

Noah Strycker geht mit einem Rucksack und einem Fernglas auf Weltreise, um innerhalb eines Jahres so viele Vogelarten wie möglich zu sichten. Dafür bereist er 41 Länder und fünf Kontinente und begegnet überall Menschen, die ihm bei seiner Mission helfen. Darunter erstaunlich viele, die sich auf beeindruckende Weise für den Erhalt der Umwelt und den Vogelschutz einsetzen. Seine Reise ist ein wahres Abenteuer: Strycker erlebt und überlebt blutsaugende Insekten, ein Flugzeugunglück, Schlammlawinen, Überschwemmungen, Kriegsgebiete und ökologische Zerstörung, aber auch große Euphorie und Spannung, wenn er wieder eine rare Spezies sichtet. Am Ende seines Jahres hat er sagenhafte 6.042 Vogelnamen gesichtet und damit einen Weltrekord aufgestellt. Doch bringt er nicht nur eine lange Liste mit Vogelnamen mit nach Hause, sondern hat zudem das vielleicht beste Jahr seines Lebens hinter sich.

An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world--and deep connection with humanity. Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As scientists come to understand more about the secrets of bird life, they are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, 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 albatross, and other mysteries--revealing why birds do what they do, and offering a glimpse into our own nature. Noah Strycker is a birder and naturalist who has traveled the world in pursuit of his flighty subjects. Drawing deep from personal experience, cutting-edge science, and colorful history, he spins captivating stories about the birds in our midst and reveals 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. Beautiful and wise, funny and insightful, The Thing with Feathers is a gripping and enlightening journey into the lives of birds.

"[Strycker] thinks like a biologist but writes like a poet." -- Wall Street Journal An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world—and deep connection with humanity. 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. You’ve never read a book about birds like this one.

In an entertaining and perceptive account of the lives of birds, from watching penguins in Antarctica to testing turkey vultures' sense of smell, Noah Strycker illuminates the surprising world of birds and their secret life.

In a thrilling adventure, a young Noah Strycker embarks on a unique journey to study over 250,000 penguins in the remote Antarctic wilderness. Accompanied by two bird scientists and equipped with only frozen food for three months, he immerses himself in the challenges of wildlife research in one of the harshest environments on Earth. This experience not only tests his resilience but also deepens his understanding of these fascinating creatures and their habitat.