--- product_id: 314361545 title: "The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think" brand: "jennifer ackerman" price: "AR$48356" currency: ARS in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/314361545-the-bird-way-a-new-look-at-how-birds-talk store_origin: AR region: Argentina --- # The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think **Brand:** jennifer ackerman **Price:** AR$48356 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think by jennifer ackerman - **How much does it cost?** AR$48356 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.ar](https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/314361545-the-bird-way-a-new-look-at-how-birds-talk) ## Best For - jennifer ackerman enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted jennifer ackerman brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think ## Images ![The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/813HX0ut3nL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars A Whole New Perspective on Our Bird Neighbors *by N***3 on Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2023* Ms Ackerman’s book is like an encyclopedia filled to the brim with impressive and startling facts! It is an easy read and I found it hard to put down.If you are a bird fancier, or someone who just wants to know more about animals that you see and live around every day, this is the book for you. I came away more informed than I ever imagined and anxious to watch my bird neighbors with a new found perspective! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Nature Writing *by P***K on Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2020* This is nature writing at its very best. Journalist Jennifer Ackerman has emerged as one of the leading voices for our avian friends. She travels the world to introduce us to some amazing birds and the painstaking research being done to better understand them. I lost count of the number of times I wrote “wow” in my marginalia.North American birds are on the whole somewhat boring, but in Australia, New Zealand and the tropics, their behavior is even more distinctive than their often colorful plumage. From laughing and tool making to cooperative parenting, birds have more going on upstairs than I ever imagined. I also thought I had learned about the birds and the bees long ago, but I don’t remember studying their “cloaca” (a three-in-one orifice).Perhaps I will develop the patience to go bird watching when I am in my 70s, but in the meantime, I have put out feeders and birdbaths. Two of our most frequent flyers are acorn woodpeckers, which have “one of the most complex communal nesting systems of any vertebrate” (p. 319) and Anna’s hummingbirds, which Ackerman wonderfully describes as “a ton of truculence packed into a feathered fraction of an ounce” (p. 13). While reading outside they can hover inches from my face. Males have dazzling ruby red throats when light is reflected at certain angles. Feeding frenzies are punctuated by dogfights and dive bombings. Just as I was reading Ackerman’s description, a female hummer crashed into the sliding glass door of my study. I scooped her up and marveled at how tiny she was. Before I could offer her some sugar water, she had flown off into our nearby redbud tree.“The Bird Way” is a welcome respite from a world turned upside down by Trump’s kakocracy (rule by the worst people). Corvids (crows) over Covid-19! My next bird books will be the lighter “The Birds of Pandemonium: Life Among the Exotic and the Endangered” and the more academic “Parrots of the Wild: A Natural History of the World’s Most Captivating Birds.” Ackerman has a brilliant chapter on New Zealand’s stupendous kea parrot, but I need to better understand the yellow-naped Amazon I grew up with. Poncho could outlive me... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Book about bird behavior creates a sense of wonder *by K***Y on Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2020* If you have even the most passing interest in what these dinosaur holdovers can do, you’ll want to read this book. Despite their brain size, birds plan, communicate, organize, and cooperate, even though they may be of different species. Jennifer Ackerman has pulled together fascinating research about birds demonstrating they have lives full of social complexity, requiring skills and abilities, humans are just now beginning to recognize.Ackerman breaks down her book into sections that detail bird communication, work, play, and parenting. Contained within each chapter are stories and observations from bird experts, and scientists who show birds are far more sophisticated than we ever thought. There are the keas who engage in play like kids let loose on a jungle gym, the cowbirds and cuckoos who place their eggs surreptitiously in others’ nests for other birds to raise, and the New Caledonian crows that construct tools to get to the food. Some birds mimic others to fool predators and display to potential mates their desirability. One species, the Carolina chickadee, can make the sound of a copperhead to keep predators at bay while they are nesting.All in all, this is a book that will make you respect and appreciate the complexity of bird behavior as well as create a delightful sense of wonder at all we have not understood about them. Besides bird lovers’, I recommend this book to anyone interested in the natural world and wanting to recognize better some of the avian behavior observable in their own backyards. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/314361545-the-bird-way-a-new-look-at-how-birds-talk](https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/314361545-the-bird-way-a-new-look-at-how-birds-talk) --- *Product available on Desertcart Argentina* *Store origin: AR* *Last updated: 2026-05-24*