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La conducta de los pájaros: Una mirada a sus comportamientos más intrigantes by Jennifer Ackerman
jennydoesnotgetit's review against another edition
4.0
A fascinating and well-written glimpse into the rich world of bird behavior and intelligence. I am torn about the structure — grouping by theme makes sense, but also made it hard to track specific types of birds across the book. However, my terrible memory is no reason to discount this wonderful introduction to birds in all their variety.
angelikareadsavariciously's review against another edition
4.0
As if I needed more reasons to believe birds are super cool!
shellsbells325's review against another edition
Great audiobook, just had to return
leasummer's review against another edition
4.0
Another great book by Ackerman. I learned some many interesting and fun to share tidbits about birds and their behaviors. This is an auto buy author for me.
booksforjake's review against another edition
5.0
Awesome book. Well-written and well-organized collection of new revelations and understandings from the ornithological world, organized by the way they talk, work, play, parent, and think.
Ackerman’s storytelling expanded my appreciation and awe for birds and introduced me to so many fascinating species I had never even heard of before. Some of the most prominent include:
Kea:
Unique ground-dwelling species of parrot endemic to New Zealand. The most playful of birds, total neophiles that are changing the way researchers think of play in the animal world.
Brush Turkeys:
Australian turkeys that make immense mounds of rotting vegetation to act as compost piles in order to incubate their eggs. When their chicks hatch, they crawl through the mounds to emerge from their rotting incubator to…absolutely nothing. Parent brush turkeys provide no parental care and chicks are completely on their own after hatching.
Red-billed Quelea:
Most abundant wild bird in the world (1.5 billion individuals during breeding season). Use elaborate face patterns to recognize their neighbors in hectic, fast-paced breeding colonies of a million or more individuals.
Lyrebird:
Unsettling courtship dance in which males end an elaborate performance of song and dance with alarm calls that essentially cause the female to freeze in place, allowing him a longer opportunity to copulate.
Whistling Kite:
One of a number of raptor species that will move smoldering sticks from brushfires to spark new fires in other places. Have disproved the notion that humans are the only species to use fire as a tool.
Greater Honeyguide:
“Earned its Latin name - Indicator indicator - from this unique —and probably ancient—cooperative relationship” with Homo sapiens in Africa. The birds guide the humans to bee hives, the humans subdue the bees with smoke, take the honey, then leave honeycomb wax for the birds. NUTSO!
Greater Ani:
Crazy birds that live in the rainforest of Central and South America near water. They breed and live in communal groups of unrelated adult pairs, with females depositing eggs into a shared nest. “Anis are like parasites that have become host-specific on themselves” and thus have developed adaptations to group living, like communal displays and collective decision-making.
Ackerman’s storytelling expanded my appreciation and awe for birds and introduced me to so many fascinating species I had never even heard of before. Some of the most prominent include:
Kea:
Unique ground-dwelling species of parrot endemic to New Zealand. The most playful of birds, total neophiles that are changing the way researchers think of play in the animal world.
Brush Turkeys:
Australian turkeys that make immense mounds of rotting vegetation to act as compost piles in order to incubate their eggs. When their chicks hatch, they crawl through the mounds to emerge from their rotting incubator to…absolutely nothing. Parent brush turkeys provide no parental care and chicks are completely on their own after hatching.
Red-billed Quelea:
Most abundant wild bird in the world (1.5 billion individuals during breeding season). Use elaborate face patterns to recognize their neighbors in hectic, fast-paced breeding colonies of a million or more individuals.
Lyrebird:
Unsettling courtship dance in which males end an elaborate performance of song and dance with alarm calls that essentially cause the female to freeze in place, allowing him a longer opportunity to copulate.
Whistling Kite:
One of a number of raptor species that will move smoldering sticks from brushfires to spark new fires in other places. Have disproved the notion that humans are the only species to use fire as a tool.
Greater Honeyguide:
“Earned its Latin name - Indicator indicator - from this unique —and probably ancient—cooperative relationship” with Homo sapiens in Africa. The birds guide the humans to bee hives, the humans subdue the bees with smoke, take the honey, then leave honeycomb wax for the birds. NUTSO!
Greater Ani:
Crazy birds that live in the rainforest of Central and South America near water. They breed and live in communal groups of unrelated adult pairs, with females depositing eggs into a shared nest. “Anis are like parasites that have become host-specific on themselves” and thus have developed adaptations to group living, like communal displays and collective decision-making.
karimorton33's review against another edition
4.0
So fun to learn more about birds! They are fascinating creatures with so many different personalities and habits.
jare7d's review against another edition
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
What a fantastic book especially for a bird nerd like me! So much eye opening information on all the different behaviors and parts of bird life. A great read for anyone even remotely interested in birds or behavior in animals!