The Curious Life of the Cuckoo
- Publisher : Doubleday
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Description:
Is there any bird more mysterious than the cuckoo?
It is invariably heard and not seen. And if seen, it is mistaken for a sharp-winged hawk. The female cuckoo - by a trick that borders on alchemy - can disguise its egg as another's. In Greek myth, the god Zeus assumed the form of a cuckoo to seduce Hera.
But we forgive the cuckoo its con-artistry because it is the true herald of spring. It is the bird that uplifts our wintered hearts with that first two-note 'cuk-koo' unmistakable as it sounds across the country.
In this book, John Lewis-Stempel explains one of nature's greatest enigmas in vivid, lyrical prose and celebrates this iconic bird.
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