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  • NPR Sound Treks: Birds

  • Spellbinding Tales of Flight, Feather, and Song
  • By: NPR
  • Narrated by: Jon Hamilton
  • Length: 1 hr and 1 min

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NPR Sound Treks: Birds

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Narrated by: Jon Hamilton
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Publisher's Summary

Are birds monogamous? Why do kookaburras laugh? Is the ivory-billed woodpecker really extinct? These fascinating stories feature the delightful and exotic sounds of birds, plus astute and informative commentary from bird lovers, bird experts, and sometimes birds themselves.

Learn how naturalist F. Schuyler Matthews translated bird song into musical notes. Discover how the city of Chicago has drawn purple martins back to Lake Michigan, their historic habitat. Find out everything you want to know about the lyrebird's glorious tail. If you're a bird lover, this is for you.

The NPR Sound Treks series brings the outdoors to life with outstanding audio documentaries, stories, and commentary from the NPR archives. Each volume features sounds from nature, insights from experts and others who love the outdoor experience (naturalists, zoologists, biologists, adventurers, even a cowgirl), and vivid storytelling that captures the excitement of the wilderness.

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Connecting with Wrens
  • Storm Petrels Fill the Air
  • The Music of Wild Birds
  • New York Birders Make Winter Rounds
  • Bird Watching
  • Proud Lyrebird Steps Up to the Microphone
  • Song of the Antbird Reveals Avian Adultery
  • The Magic Hedge: Haven for a Lost Bird in Chicago
  • The Laughing Kookaburra
  • Colorful Hua Mei Birds Put Pigeons to Shame
  • Figuring Out Cuckoos
  • A Bird with a Catlike Name - and Sound
  • Purple Martins Make a Comeback in Chicago
  • How Birds Can Capture a Kid's Imagination
  • A Colony of Screechers and Wailers
  • The Joy of Breeding Pigeons
  • My Hummingbird Summer
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