Saturday, October 10, 2026

Review: A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey

A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey by Jonathan Meiburg
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Caracaras, which intrigued Darwin (he wrote about them at length) in the Falkland Islands. Also at home in remote Tierra del Fuego and the tropical forests of Guyana, the now rare and inquisitive striated caracaras are center to this history which includes the life and work of William Henry Hudson, a Victorian writer and naturalist who championed caracaras as an unsung wonder of the natural world.

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