The Urban Owls: How Flaco and Friends Made the City Their Home - Hardcover
by Christian Cooper (Author), Kristen Adam (Illustrator)
Flaco captured the country's imagination with his surprising flight toward freedom, but he's not the first owl to experience the wonders of city life. National Geographic host Christian Cooper shares more about these incredible urban birds and the fame that found them.
Lifelong birder Christian Cooper introduces us to the majestic owls that have made New York City their home. Learn about Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle-Owl that captured all our hearts, Barry the Barred Owl, Geraldine the Great Horned Owl, and Rocky the Saw-whet Owl. With robust backmatter that provides more details on owl characteristics, hoots, and conservation, The Urban Owls will help foster love for wildlife in our youngest generation.Christian Cooper is the New York Times bestselling author of Better Living Through Birding, a science and comics writer and editor, and the host and consulting producer of Extraordinary Birder on Disney+. One of Marvel's first openly gay writers and editors, Cooper introduced the first gay male character in Star Trek, in the Starfleet Academy series, which was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award. He also introduced the first openly lesbian character for Marvel and created and authored Queer Nation: The Online Gay Comic. Based in New York City, he is on the board of directors for NYC Audubon.
Kristen Adam is an Illustrator and print & pattern designer based in the beautiful city of San Francisco. What inspires her most is finding magic in the seemingly ordinary. When she's not wandering the woods looking for wildflowers, she loves stargazing, reading sci-fi/fantasy novels, and doing tarot card readings.
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