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Here are my February #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks. It's been a while since I read a non-fiction book so I'm going with What An Owl Knows for brown on the cover. Definitely had to look through some book covers to find one with brown on it - funny enough both from last month had brown. I am reading Indian Horse for OhCanada anyways and it has green on the cover.

@TheAromaofBooks

I am so saddened by this.😭😭😭

#unpopularopinion I found the first couple hours dry & just can‘t get into it, which runs contrary to every single review I‘ve seen about this, & the fact that I‘ve loved all the other recs I‘ve tried from @Chelsea.Poole #auldlangspine list, so I think it may be more my frame of mind right now & the current mix of books I‘m reading, than just my reaction to this. I‘m going to keep it in mind to try again sometime in print instead of on audio.

I‘ve enjoyed several other of Ackerman‘s books about birds, so I was excited to see that she had a new one focused on owls.

The coolest thing I learned: to defend their nests or scare away threats an owl might dive bomb, and they can hit with many many times greater force than their body weight.

We need to do more to conserve these birds. Like most wildlife we‘ve destroyed so much of their habitat, many of them are in danger.

Florida has decided to take a break from "winter," and it's a beautiful day to sit outside and read!
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Another year, another start to library book club. This is our January pick!

August's pick for #12Booksof2023 is also my pick for the best book of 2023. I already loved owls before reading this, but afterward I was just in awe of what amazing creatures they are, and how much I didn't know about them.
#12Booksof2023 @Andrew65

If you are mildly interested or adore owls, this book is wonderful. A lot of interesting topics are presented: how different species hunt, roost, mate, hoot, migrate, take care of their young, and hear. Good anecdotes about researchers that show their love for their work and owls. Good read for my 100th book of the year!

An thorough study of the amazing creatures we know as owls. Ackerman covers all the typical information in animal studies: what they eat, mating, owlets, habitats, and the many owl species. But beyond this the book includes how humans (now and in the past) interact with and view owls. From viscous birds of prey to the “wise” owl idea, these creatures have fascinated us for millennia! I‘m off to buy an owl house and create a habitat! Loved it!

From their silence to their extraordinary hearing and some owlets hooting inside their eggs, this is a super interesting read about owls that also looks at the human response to them around the world. It flows well and kept me engaged throughout, though my person favorite part was about their sounds.

1. I only had one 5 🌟 read for August, and it was the Tagged book.
2. It was extremely informative, and only increased my love for owls.

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

81/150 What a fascinating book!! I'm definitely putting this on my list of the best books of 2023. Owls are such amazing creatures, if you don't love them now (and who doesnt?), you will after you finish this detailed look into the lives, eating, breeding and mating habits of these beautiful birds. I think this is the best book on nature I've read since Ed Yong's An Immense World, which is high praise indeed.
5 🌟 read

I've listened to 65% of this audiobook, and I highly recommend it. Even if you have no interest in owls (who doesn't like owls?), it is an endlessly fascinating book about nature and man's interaction and study of it. This will definitely be on my Top 10 list at the end of the year, probably in the top 5.
#SundayFunday @ozma.of.oz

Owls are truly fascinating and surprisingly diverse creatures. Ackerman looks at the latest research and talks to scientists and conservation specialists around the world from a musician who can tell owl hoots from different individuals apart to people who have turned a former chemical weapons depot into an owl conservation habitat.