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Surburban Safari: A Year on the Lawn
Hannah Holmes
Funny, smart, and refreshing, Suburban Safari introduces us to a world so extraordinary it's hard to believe it's been right in front of us all along.
Bloomsbury Publishing
March 2005
240 pages
ISBN: 1582344795
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Who knew that an investigation into that patch of grass in
our backyards could be so fruitful-and so funny? More than 550 square miles of new lawns unfold each year in
the U.S. alone. Although new research shows that these
lawns aren't nearly as "unnatural" as ecologists once
thought, no one has offered an accessible exploration of
this novel habitat. Until now... Equipped with a lawn chair and her infectious curiosity,
science writer Hannah Holmes spends a year on her lawn
hoping to discover exactly what's going on out there. Under
her examination, the lawn teems with life, populated by a
bewilderment of birds, a mess of mammals, and a range of
plants that record the history of this little piece of
ground. As the seasons progress, she guides us through this
bustling community, inviting over biologists, ecologists,
botanists, entomologists, and energy experts to further
unveil the complexities of life in the 'burbs. Through this
investigation, we encounter life-and-death dramas and
mysteries that would make a rainforest blush-everything
from the behavior of suburban crows and raccoons, to the
way plants wage war, to the puzzle of baby pigeons (where
are they?).
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