Want to understand how birds word, identify birds, and understand how birds convinced us to feed them while ignoring us? Me too. I don’t promise all the answers, but these books will help you begin to understand our feathered friends.
- Birding While Indian: A Mixed-Blood Memoir (Machete)
- By: Thomas C. Gannon
- Source: Austin Public Library
- GREAT HORNED OWL FACTS: Everything You Didn’t Know About the Great Horned Owl (Kid Friendly)
- By: Raymond Jack Tyler
- Source: Amazon Suggested Reading
- The Hidden Lives of Owls: The Science and Spirit of Nature’s Most Elusive Birds
- By: Leigh Calvez
- Source: Austin Public Library
- How Birds Work: An Illustrated Guide to the Wonders of Form and Function – from Bones to Beak (How Nature Works)
- By: Marianne Taylor
- Source: Amazon Suggested Reading
- The Legend of Pale Male (Movie)
- 2025 CER Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Red Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park
- By Marie Winn
- 2025 CER Lecture: Urban Lifeworlds: Perspectives on Nature and the City
- Tiger With Wings: The Great Horned Owl (Kid Friendly)
- By: Barbara Juster Esbensen
- Source: Austin Public Library
- What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds
- By: Jennifer Ackerman
- Source: Amazon Suggested Reading
- The World of the Great Horned Owl
- By: Jr Austing, G. Ronald & John B. Holt
- Source: Amazon Suggested Reading
Sources
- 2025 CER Lecture A series provided by the City of Austin Center for Environmental Research
- Amazon Suggested Reading. I will always try to shop at a local bookstore first, but sometimes the recommendations that come out of Amazon and GoodReads can assist you in finding books you would not have otherwise seen based on your reading history.
- Austin Public Library I feel like we are very lucky in Austin as the library curates some amazing book lists. Don’t forget to browse when you’re in checking out other books or attending an event.
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