The acclaimed scientist's encounters with individual wild birds, yielding "marvelous, mind-altering" (Los Angeles Times) insights and discoveriesIn his modern classicsOne Man's OwlandMind of the Raven,Bernd Heinrich has written memorably about his relationships with wild ravens and a great horned owl.InOne Wild Bird at a Time,Heinrich returns to his great love: close, day-to-day observations ofindividualwild birds. There are countless books on bird behavior, but, writes Heinrich, "some of the most amazing bird behaviors fall below the radar of what most birds do in aggregate." Heinrich's "passionate observations [that] superbly mix memoir and science" (New York Times) lead to fascinating questions — and sometimes startling discoveries. A great crested flycatcher bringing food to the young acts surreptitiously and is attacked by the mate. Why? A pair of Northern flickers hammering their nest-hole into...