A review by joelle
Beaks, Bones and Bird Songs: How the Struggle for Survival Has Shaped Birds and Their Behavior by Roger Lederer

4.0

I really enjoyed this. It’s the kind of book to be savoured slowly, bit by bit, by people who enjoy pulling out heavy bird guides and learning about how this bird eats red berries which would make your lips pucker, and this bird likes to summer near blue-green beaches, while this other bird doesn’t appreciate squirrels but is cool sharing space with seed-eating chipmunks.

Only this is a bird guide that, instead of going bird by bird, explores the avian world through chapters with subtitles such as “How Birds Employ Their Sensory Abilities” and “Migration and Navigation in an Endless Sky”.

A deep curiosity about the natural world is a prerequisite for this one.