What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds

What does an owl know? And what do humans really know about owls? Some two-hundred-sixty species of owls exist today, and they reside on every continent except Antarctica. However, they are far more difficult to find and study than other birds because they are cryptic, camouflaged, and mostly active at night. In What an Owl Knows, Jennifer Ackerman joins scientists in the field and explores how researchers are using modern technology and tools to learn how owls communicate, hunt, court, mate, raise their young, and move about from season to season. Ackerman brings this research alive with her own personal field observations.