The Social Lives of Birds

About the author

Joan E. Strassmann is a professor of biology and award-winning teacher of animal behaviour. She is the author of Slow Birding: the Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard, published in 2022 by TarcherPerigee, PRH. She has been a slow birder for decades and is on the board of the St. Louis Audubon Society. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has held a Guggenheim fellowship. She lives with her husband in St. Louis, Missouri.

Product details

• Authors: Joan E. Strassmann
• Publisher: Headline Book
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 18.06.2026
• EAN: 9781035417155
• ISBN: 978-1-0354-1715-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Illustrations: B&W line drawings printed on text paper
• Subjects: popular science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology, NATURE / Birdwatching Guides, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Birds (ornithology), Wildlife: birds & birdwatching, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, Ethology and animal behaviour