The secret life of nocturnal birds of prey.
Klincksieck| N° d'inventaire | 30306 |
| Format | 12 x 18 |
| Détails | 116 p., illustrated, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782252047415 |
"De Natura Rerum" Collection
When night falls, our woods fill with hooting. Who hasn't suppressed a slight shudder upon hearing them? Don't close your shutters too quickly, though. Outside, a sometimes cruel, always fascinating nocturnal life unfolds. Raptors with piercing eyes and relentless talons reign supreme. John Lewis-Stempel, a British farmer who became one of the most talented nature writers of his generation, tells us their story.
The familiar story of species that we come across in our countryside, during a walk in the forest or in an abandoned attic: tawny owls and little owls, long-eared owls, barn owls, etc. Since prehistoric times, we have given them various names and attributes; poets have plucked their inspiration quill by quill from their large, flat heads. Illustrated by the famous ornithologist John Gould, the gallery of sometimes ghostly, sometimes endearing portraits that John Lewis-Stempel invites us to explore unfolds the little-known facets of one of the most popular animals in the living world.
"De Natura Rerum" Collection
When night falls, our woods fill with hooting. Who hasn't suppressed a slight shudder upon hearing them? Don't close your shutters too quickly, though. Outside, a sometimes cruel, always fascinating nocturnal life unfolds. Raptors with piercing eyes and relentless talons reign supreme. John Lewis-Stempel, a British farmer who became one of the most talented nature writers of his generation, tells us their story.
The familiar story of species that we come across in our countryside, during a walk in the forest or in an abandoned attic: tawny owls and little owls, long-eared owls, barn owls, etc. Since prehistoric times, we have given them various names and attributes; poets have plucked their inspiration quill by quill from their large, flat heads. Illustrated by the famous ornithologist John Gould, the gallery of sometimes ghostly, sometimes endearing portraits that John Lewis-Stempel invites us to explore unfolds the little-known facets of one of the most popular animals in the living world.