White Feathers
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White Feathers

The Nesting Lives of Tree SwallowsBy Bernd HeinrichNarrated by Rick Adamson
Length7h 8m

About this audiobook

The surprising, rich life of tree swallows in nesting season—with Heinrich’s beautiful illustrations and photographs—by the acclaimed naturalist. Heinrich is sparked one early spring day by a question: Why does a pair of swallows in a nest-box close to his Maine cabin show an unvarying preference for white feathers—not easily available nearby—as nest lining? He notices, too, the extreme aggressiveness of “his” swallows toward some other swallows of their own kind. And he wonders, given swallows’ reputation for feistiness, at the extraordinary tameness and close contact he experiences with his nesting birds. From the author of the beloved books Ravens in Winter and A Naturalist at Large, this richly engaging view of the lives of wild birds, as always with Heinrich, yields “marvelous, mind-altering” insight and discoveries. —Los Angeles Times Narrator Rick Adamson is proud to have presented several titles from author Bernd Heinrich. He is an Audie Award winner for his voicing of IN A HEARTBEAT, from the authors of the true story that became the film THE BLIND SIDE.  Around NYC and his home studio in New Jersey, he has worked in commercials, corporate and medical media, as well as educational content worldwide, for more than thirty years.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★ 4.0 (171)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing, StoryGraph
GenreScience and Nature
Length7 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byRick Adamson
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateFeb 18, 2020
LanguageEnglish

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