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020 $a9780544986831 (hbk.) :$cNT$910
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100 1 $aHeinrich, Bernd,$d1940-.
245 12$aA naturalist at large :$bthe best essays of Bernd Heinrich /$cBernd Heinrich.
246 30$aBest essays of Bernd Heinrich.
260 $aBoston, MA :$bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,$cc2018.
300 $axiii, 288 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aLife in the soil -- Rock-solid foundation -- The spreading chestnut tree -- When the bough bends -- O Tannenbaum -- Reading tree leaves -- Hot- and cold-blooded moths -- Woolly and wondrous -- Winter guests -- Arctic bumblebees -- Beating the heat, and killing with heat -- Bee-lining vs. bee homing -- Beetles and blooms -- Cooperative undertaking : teaming with mites -- Whirligig beetles : quick paddlers -- Ravens on my mind -- A birdbrain nevermore -- Ravens and the inaccessible -- Phoebe diary -- Conversation with a sapsucker -- Hawk watching -- Kinglets' realm of cold -- The diabolical nightjar -- Nutcracker sweets -- Hibernation, insulation and caffeination -- Cohabiting with elephants : a browsing relationship -- The hunt : a matter of perspective -- Endurance predator -- Synchronicity : amplifying the signal -- What bees and flowers know -- Curious yellow : a foray into iris behavior -- Twists and turns -- Birds coloring their eggs -- Birds, bees, and beauty : adaptive aesthetics -- Seeing the light in the forest.
520 $aFrom the acclaimed scientist and writer, essays collected for the first time in book form, on ravens and other birds, insects, trees, elephants, and more: once again 'passionate observations [that] superbly mix memoir and science.'(New York Times).
650 0$aScience$vPopular works.
650 0$aEssays.
650 0$aNatural history$vPopular works.