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A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey

Jonathan Meiburg

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May 12, 2021 Mary rated it really liked it

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Bird lovers, animal lovers, and adventure enthusiasts will enjoy this book about the Caracara. You will learn about all the different varieties of this “walking falcon” also known as “Johnny Rook”. These birds live in the Southern Hemisphere and some varieties live in the jungles and hunt along rivers and streams. Others live on the plains and in the mountains.

As you probably know, falcons hunt, kill, and eat live prey, but the Caracaras are what I would call creative eaters. They steal eggs, e ...more

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Apr 15, 2024 aPriL does feral sometimes rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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‘A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey’ by Jonathan Meiburg is well-written and full of interesting geological history as well as a natural history of the caracaras, a bird that looks like a mashup of crows, vultures and falcons.

There are several family branches of caracaras. Each area of South America which hosts one of the types of caracaras often call them by a local name, not the official ones designated them by scientists and naturalists. It is p ...more

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