Birds as Individual

1953, the Scientific Book Club's edition of Len Howard's classic title

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Printing Details

First thus. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 14cm, 223pp.

In the late 1930s, Len Howard packed up her life in London, bought a plot of land in Sussex and built herself a little house there. This was to be Bird Cottage, a place where the doors of the house were open to the birds of the garden – great tits, blue tits, robins, blackbirds, willow warblers and many others. Len lived the rest of her life alongside her bird neighbours, with some sleeping in her bedroom and many flitting in and out all day long.

This is the book she wrote about the birds – a study not just of their behaviour but their individual personalities. We learn about their intelligence, emotional lives, and characters, their capacity for play and humour, the range of their song, their likes and dislikes, and their bond with Len.

Condition

A good copy, but with some rubbing to the wrapper, and with tanning to the pages throughout. The book remains in strong readable condition.