★1983年日本杰出绘本奖
★1988年美国图书馆协会瞩目童书
★入选日本小学三年级语文课本
猫头鹰一家住在一个大湖边，湖水又静又蓝。夜幕降临，猫头鹰爸爸出去捕鱼了。猫头鹰妈妈在家守护着宝宝，它们一起焦急地等待着爸爸回家。突然，猫头鹰宝宝叫了起来，它的肚子饿了，不知道猫头鹰爸爸今天能捕到鱼吗？

"As expansive as the broad sweep of the great owl's wings and as close and comforting as a small hand held on a wintry night . . . The visual images have a sense of depth and seem to invite readers into this special nighttime world."--School Library Journal, starred review. Full color. 1988 Caldecott Medal Book.

很明显，每个人都爱猫头鹰！所有人都觉得猫头鹰坚韧，睿智，怪异，让人害怕，威严，简素，有灵性，容易画，鼓舞人心，以及可爱。
——马特•休厄尔
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在《我们迷人的鸟：猫头鹰》里，艺术家马特·休厄尔以他备受读者欢迎的手绘水彩画和古怪幽默的文字，介绍了全世界各地深受人们喜爱的鸟—— 猫头鹰。比如，外形酷似冰激凌的斑雕鸮，小脸上总是蔓延着惊奇的棕榈鬼鸮，还有专家在中东地区新近发现阿曼鸮等等。
这本赏心悦目的礼物书将吸引鸟类爱好者，以及艺术和插图爱好者，不管你是大人还是小孩。
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在神话和民间传说中，猫头鹰这种“无所不见、无所不知”的生物被打上了一些奇怪的标签。它们是处女的守护者?恐怖的使者?巫师的助手?或者仅仅是供赏玩的一种神奇的小动物?无论它们是什么，它们都是我以及我们“英国海力量乐团”最喜欢的鸟。
——马丁·诺贝尔（“英国海力量乐团”吉他手和键盘手）
这些插画既可爱又逼真，当我在猫头鹰保护区见到那些猫头鹰时，我发现它们确实如马特所介绍的那样！
——英国亚马逊 读者
马特用简单的笔触捕捉到了鸟儿的精髓，我看着它们就会情不自禁地笑出来。
——英国亚马逊 读者
这是一本迷人的口袋书，包含所有你期待见到的猫头鹰种类。
——英国亚马逊 读者

★入选各大图书奖项
◢2020年美国国家图书奖长名单
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◢《泰晤士报》2020“年度自然之书”
◢美国笔会/爱德华·威尔逊科普文学奖
◢《纽约时报》“年度瞩目之书”
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◢ “美国国家公共广播电台”《史 密森尼学会》《明尼阿波利斯明星论坛报》《环球邮报》等2020年度最佳图书
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★这是对大自然与野性之地的热爱，属于我们时代的冒险故事
一段走入冰原的田野调查，一份惊心动魄的自然笔记。
一位宛如当代游侠的鸟类学家，深入幽僻的远东雪林，在脆弱的冰河上疾驰而下，只为寻见这世上神秘而硕大的一种猫头鹰……
★自然学家海伦·麦克唐纳私人书单推荐
“这本关于俄罗斯远东地区毛腿渔鸮的调查记录令人无比兴奋。即便在最热的夏天，手捧本书也会令你宛临冰原。”
◆ 内容简介
当乔纳森·斯拉特还是个观鸟新手时，他偶然遇到了地球上颇为神秘的一种鸟类，它比他所知的任何一只猫头鹰都大，看上去就像一只长着羽毛的小熊。他拍下一张照片，并分享给专家，这便是世界上体形硕大的猫头鹰——毛腿渔鸮。随后，斯拉特开始了为期五年的调研之旅，在俄罗斯东部茂密偏远的森林中寻找这种巨大而神秘的生物。
尽管毛腿渔鸮的翼展长度达6英尺，身高也超过2英尺，但它们总是神出鬼没，人类对其所知甚少，可供参考的资料也极为有限。它们在冬天最容易被发现，因为它们在觅食过程中会在雪域河岸上留下大而独特的足迹。毛腿渔鸮同时也是濒危物种。因此，斯拉特和他的团队开始着手捕获这种猫头鹰以做研究，并尝试据此制定出一个保护计划，以帮助这一物种存活下去。为了完成任务，他们不得不应对各种挑战：在冰冷的帐篷里通宵监测，疯狂地驶过将融的冰河，毫无防护地爬上朽烂的树木以检查巢穴中珍贵的渔鸮卵。为捕捉和追踪渔鸮，他们使用尖端的定位设备，亦即兴设计巧妙的陷阱，还必须始终警惕与熊或东北虎发生冲突。在斯拉特异常生动、精确，同时不失幽默的叙述下，毛腿渔鸮渐渐展露真容：它们是狡猾的猎人，忠诚的父母，怪异的“二重唱夫妇”，是不擅记仇且相对温顺的猛禽，也是在条件严酷、面积不断缩小的栖息地上顽强生存的珍稀物种。
除此之外，斯拉特还以令人捧腹的笔调描写了生活在俄罗斯边疆区域的各色人物：有似乎永远也不清醒、以伏特加为粮的嗜酒村民，有与黑帮交易失败后逃命至荒野的古怪隐居者，有为了可以卖10美元的貂皮而猎杀毛腿渔鸮作肉饵的无知少年……对于沿途经过或停驻的大小城市、村庄，斯拉特亦不吝啬笔墨，关注这些地方的历史，以及它们在苏联集体经济时期的发展和如今的没落。
斯拉特以一份惊心动魄的田野笔记，向读者全面展现了这片远东冰原上的生灵、人类、居住地、自然景观及文化风貌。
◆ 名人推荐
这本关于斯拉特在俄罗斯远东地区研究毛腿渔鸮的记录令人无比兴奋。这是一种巨大的猫头鹰，它们羽毛蓬松，有着黄色的眼睛，在冰冷的河流中涉水捕鱼，对于人类，它们是神秘莫测的鸟儿……即便在最热的夏天，手捧本书也会令你宛临冰原。
——海伦·麦克唐纳
本书丰富地交叉记录了科学调查、动物保护及荒野探险等不同层面，它是罕有的一种自然写作，其所讲述的事实既准确又富于华丽的故事性。本书饱含叙事上的快感，充满孤注一掷的冒险、望而生畏的挑战和令人沮丧的逆境描写——从遭遇暴风雪、封路被困、在冰冷的河岸边守夜，到技术上失败、驶过危险的春季冰河，以及身边那位令人疲倦、滔滔不绝的田野助理……作者绝好地描绘了毛腿渔鸮这一稀有物种。
——《华尔街日报》
一个引人入胜的故事……它令我们沉浸其中，感受着每一种微小的事物，宛如身临其境。为此，这是一部对我们这个时代而言不同寻常且大受欢迎的作品。它有力地彰显了斯拉特作为作家兼研究者的才能。
——《纽约时报书评》
这是一本迷人而抒情、温柔却振奋人心的回忆录，它讲述了对一种奇特而美丽的鸟类长达数年的追寻。斯拉特的叙事中穿插着优美的散文篇章，猫头鹰的奇异完全吸引着读者。同样令人挪不开视线的还有居住在这一地区的人们身上的种种“怪癖”。不仅如此，书中还充斥着对麋鹿肉、劣质伏特加和俄罗斯桑拿等事物的描写……透过斯拉特的书写，我们得以了解到这个世界的新貌，帮助我们更好地栖身于世。
——《泰晤士报》
毫无疑问是本杰作。有科学记录，有回忆，有冒险故事，书写得迷人而惊心，笔触优美……斯拉特是位了不起、有思想的作家，他将故事讲述得如此流畅，富于悬念和戏剧性，又满有细致的科学观察，同时还少不了一抹诙谐与谦卑。
——《明尼阿波利斯明星论坛报》
乔纳森宛如一位当代游侠，冒险深入俄罗斯的远东丛林，归程后用堪比惊悚小说的文笔，讲述着有关自然保护科学的迷人故事。
——《猎户座杂志》
这是我们这个时代里伟大的生存冒险故事之一……斯拉特的真实经历读起来就像最杰出的小说，它是杰克·伦敦与J.A.贝克的合体，洋溢着那些勇气时刻，以及对大自然与野性之地的热爱。
——《拉夫·劳伦杂志》
从最初几页开始，斯拉特就用生动的语言和紧凑的故事牢牢抓住了读者。这本书的成功要部分归功于作者的写作才能，他向读者呈现种种冒险，并将其中的紧张气氛延长，使一个原本有可能枯燥的观鸟故事，变为一部引人入胜、了解鸟类保护的必读作品。通过书中所描写的驾驶雪地摩托狂奔过冰河，与当地村民在一杯接一杯的伏特加中相识，以及在孤独而美丽的夜晚亲眼观察这种不可思议的猫头鹰等经历，斯拉特那粗犷的自然保护者形象跃然纸上。
——《科克斯书评》

'Remarkable. If only every endangered species had a guardian angel as impassioned, courageous and pragmatic as Jonathan Slaght' Isabella Tree, author of Wilding
'Gripping' Dave Goulson, author of A Sting in the Tale
Primorye, a remote forested region near to where Russia, China and North Korea meet in a tangle of barbed wire, is the only place where brown bears, tigers and leopards co-exist. It is also home to one of nature's rarest birds, the Blakiston's fish owl. A chance encounter with this huge, strange bird was to change wildlife researcher Jonathan C. Slaght's life beyond measure.
This is the story of Slaght's quest to safeguard the elusive owl from extinction. During months-long journeys covering thousands of miles, he has pursued it through its forbidding territory. He has spent time with the Russians who struggle on in the harsh conditions of the taiga forest. And he has observed how Russia's logging interests and evolving fortunes present new threats to the owl's survival. Preserving its habitats will secure the forest for future generations, both animal and human - but can this battle be won? Exhilarating and clear-sighted, Owls of the Eastern Ice is an impassioned reflection on our relationship with the natural world and on what it means to devote one's career to a single pursuit.
'Slaght makes the people, wildlife and landscape of the Russian Far East come alive. I haven't enjoyed a book on remote Russia as much as this since Ian Frazier's Travels in Siberia'
Sophy Roberts, author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia
'True epic. Powerful, passionate' Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination
For millennia, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented more than thirty thousand years ago in the Chauvet Cave paintings in southern France. With their forward gaze and quiet flight, owls are often a symbol of wisdom, knowledge, and foresight. But what does an owl really know? And what do we really know about owls? Though our fascination goes back centuries, scientists have only recently begun to understand in deep detail the complex nature of these extraordinary birds. Some two hundred sixty species of owls exist today, and they reside on every continent except Antarctica, but they are far more difficult to find and study than other birds because they are cryptic, camouflaged, and mostly active in the dark of night.
Jennifer Ackerman illuminates the rich biology and natural history of these birds and reveals remarkable new scientific discoveries about their brains and behavior. She joins scientists in the field and explores how researchers are using modern technology and tools to learn how owls communicate, hunt, court, mate, raise their young, and move about from season to season. We now know that the hoots, squawks, and chitters of owls follow sophisticated and complex rules, allowing them to express not just their needs and desires but their individuality and identity. Owls duet. They migrate. They hoard their prey. Some live in underground burrows; some roost in large groups; some dine on black widows and scorpions.
Ackerman brings this research alive with her own personal field observations about owls and dives deep into why these birds beguile us. What an Owl Knows is an awe-inspiring exploration of owls across the globe and through human history, and a spellbinding account of their astonishing hunting skills, communication, and sensory prowess. By providing extraordinary new insights into the science of owls, What an Owl Knows pulls back the curtain on the nature of the world’s most enigmatic group of birds.

一位博物学家探索森林，去了解猫头鹰的秘密生活。这些鸟有点神秘，而这也正是它们如此迷人的原因。作者卡尔韦在探索有关人与动物的联系、人们对猫头鹰的痴迷，以及猫头鹰的栖息地、叫声、社会行为和神话等问题时，将科学变得既有趣又容易理解。让我们随着卡尔韦一起，走进猫头鹰的世界，去观 察猫头鹰和它们背后的鸟类科学，探索深夜里的密林深处。
猫头鹰是非常可爱的鸟类，也有许多出众的本领，它们在维护生态系统平衡中担任着重要的角色。中国拥有32种猫头鹰，但关于猫头鹰的研究与保护工作还有待加强，获得更多的关注和支持。愿此书带你走进猫头鹰的世界，让你更加关注它们的生存，更好地保护它们！
——孙悦华，中国科学院动物研究所鸟类生态学研究组研究员
“利•卡尔韦带着令人眼界大开的好奇心进入猫头鹰的世界，与读者分享了这一过程中的每一项发现。这是一次成功而衷心的探索。”
——索尔·汉森，《种子的胜利》《羽毛》作者
“你一定会喜欢和杰出的博物学家兼作家利•卡尔韦一起散步。《猫头鹰的秘密生活》这本书就像鸟儿本身一样，充满了戏剧性、神秘性和惊喜。这本引人入胜的充满猫头鹰智慧的书将会开拓你的视野。”
——赛·蒙哥玛丽，《章鱼星人》作者
“博物学家利•卡尔韦凝视着这些难以捉摸的鸟类的眼睛，分享了她令人兴奋的猫头鹰探险经历。这本书内容丰富，引人入胜，是了解这些森林守护者的科学和秘密的一个迷人的窗口。”
——布伦达·彼得森，《再造方舟:与动物共生》作者
“卡尔韦在夜间探索森林，解开猫头鹰的秘密，探讨猫头鹰叫声、社会行为和与它们相关的神话等话题。”
——《芝加哥论坛报》
"卡尔韦在写作中投入了很深的情感，显然她对这些神秘的生物感到敬畏。"
——《图书馆》杂志
"这项对西北太平洋猫头鹰的热情研究一定能够鼓舞新的猫头鹰粉丝和公民科学家。"
——图书评论网站Shelf Awareness
"利·卡尔韦在这本美丽的书中分享了她的‘猫头鹰之旅’，书中充满了敏锐的观察和非常戏剧性的内容。"
——克里斯廷·冯克赖斯勒，《意想不到的优雅》和《诚挚》的作者
"观鸮的乐趣。"
—猫头鹰科普网站The Owl Pages
"一部猫头鹰的颂歌。"
——《华盛顿邮报》
"一趟启迪之旅。"
——《塞拉》杂志
"利·卡尔韦与我们分享了许多细微又美好的小故事，同时为我们详细讲解了11种猫头鹰的研究。"
——《奥杜邦》杂志
“趣味性和启发性并存……令人愉悦，值得一读。”
——《观鸟》杂志
“卡尔韦的作品将她周围环境的美好意象与科学数据和分析融为一体，为我们创造了如此迷人的阅读体验。”
——线上图书馆Owl Eyes

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<b>‘Dusk is filling the valley. It is the time of the gloaming, the owl-light.</b>
<br />
<b>Out in the wood, the resident tawny has started calling, <i>Hoo-hoo-hoo-h-o-o-o</i>.’</b>
</p><p>There is something about owls. They feature in every major culture from the Stone Age onwards. They are creatures of the night, and thus of magic. They are the birds of ill-tidings, the avian messengers from the Other Side. But owls – with the sapient flatness of their faces, their big, round eyes, their paternal expressions – are also reassuringly familiar. We see them as wise, like Athena’s owl, and loyal, like Harry Potter's Hedwig. Human-like, in other words. </p><p>No other species has so captivated us. </p><p>In <i>The Secret Life of the Owl</i>, John Lewis-Stempel explores the legends and history of the owl. And in vivid, lyrical prose, he celebrates all the realities of this magnificent creature, whose natural powers are as fantastic as any myth.</p><p>'John Lewis-Stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation' <i>Country Life</i></p>

When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near-death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they’d rescued, she’d be a temporary presence. But Alfie’s feathers were not growing correctly, requiring prolonged care. As Alfie grew and gained strength, she became a part of the family, joining a menagerie of dogs and chickens and making a home for herself in the backyard. Carl and Patricia began to realize that the healing was mutual; Alfie had been braided into their world, and was now pulling them into hers.
Alfie & Me is the story of the remarkable impact this little owl would have on their lives. The continuing bond of trust following her freedom—and her raising of her own wild brood—coincided with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a year in which Carl and Patricia were forced to spend time at home without the normal obligations of work and travel. Witnessing all the fine details of their feathered friend’s life offered Carl and Patricia a view of existence from Alfie’s perspective.
One can travel the world and go nowhere; one can be stuck keeping the faith at home and discover a new world. Safina’s relationship with an owl made him want to better understand how people have viewed humanity’s relationship with nature across cultures and throughout history. Interwoven with Safina’s keen observations, insight, and reflections, Alfie & Me is a work of profound beauties and magical timing harbored within one upended year.

《小岛上的猫头鹰》是广西师范大学出版社魔法象图画书王国推出的作品。
本书的主角是台湾兰屿的一种独特的猫头鹰。全书以小猫头鹰为主角，通过它的成长历程，展现了兰屿各地的风貌：在这个美丽的小岛上，除了稀有的小猫头鹰，还生活着椰子蟹、果子狸、雅美鳞趾虎、兰屿筒胸竹节虫等 独特的物种。随着小猫头鹰踏上寻家之旅，雅美人的生活场景、捕鱼活动和服饰文化也一一展现在读者眼前。
本书带领读者从猫头鹰的视角观察各类独特的生物，认识美丽而丰富的大自然。

The bay owls came out of their house,
and they sat on the tree and waited.
A big branch for Sarah, a small branch for Percy,
and an old piece of ivy for Bill.
When three baby owls awake one night to find their mother gone, they can't help but wonder where she is. Stunning illustrations from unique and striking perspectives capture the owls as they worry about their mother: What is she doing? When will she be back? What scary things move all around them? Not surprisingly, a joyous flapping and dancing and bouncing greets her return, lending a celebratory tone to the ending of this comforting tale. Never has the plight of young ones who miss their mother been so simply told or so beautifully rendered.

For a quarter of a century, Tony Angell and his family shared the remarkable experience of closely observing pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting box outside the window of their forest home. The journals in which the author recorded his observations, and the captivating drawings he created, form the heart of this compelling book – a personal account of an artist-naturalist's life with owls.
Angell's extensive illustrations show owls engaged in what owls do – hunting, courting, raising families, and exercising their inquisitive natures – and reveal his immeasurable respect for their secret lives and daunting challenges. Angell discusses the unique characteristics that distinguish owls from other bird species and provides a fascinating overview of the impact owls have had on human culture and thought. He also offers detailed scientific descriptions of the nineteen species of owls found in North America, as well as their close relatives elsewhere. Always emphasizing the interaction of humans and owls, the author affirms by his own example the power of these birds both to beguile and to inspire.