"Excellent for armchair owling, general reference and the pleasure of looking at photographs of birds that manage uncannily to look like old friends transfigured by feathers-even with mice, frogs or snakes dangling from their beaks. Written with lively, unforced erudition by nature writer Mike Unwin, The Enigma of the Owl is a beautiful book, with 200 extraordinary images of hunting, nesting, flying and perching owls."-Jonathan Rosen, Wall Street Journal "The Enigma of the Owl, by Mike Unwin with photographs by David Tipling, explores the diversity, beauty and ecological importance of these nocturnal birds of prey."-Rachel Nuwer, New York Times "This book is sure to delight any nature lover."-Wall Street Journal, Best Books to Give the Nature Lover in Your Life 2017 "Thank you, David Tipling, for the sumptuous, endearing and terrifying photographs of these uncanny creatures in The Enigma of the Owl: An Illustrated Natural History. And Mike Unwin's authoritative descriptions of the owl way of life are fascinating."-Dominique Browning, New York Times Book Review Included on the 2017 Best Book List by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) "By grouping select owls geographically . . . Unwin and Tipling enable better appreciation of their unique adaptive capacities. I found I was on a worldwide tour and savoring each species group!"-Tony Angell, from the Foreword
