--- product_id: 1533150 title: "The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration Hardcover – April 8, 2014" brand: "bernd heinrich" price: "€ 76.48" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/1533150-the-homing-instinct-meaning-and-mystery-in-animal-migration-hardcover store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration Hardcover – April 8, 2014 **Brand:** bernd heinrich **Price:** € 76.48 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration Hardcover – April 8, 2014 by bernd heinrich - **How much does it cost?** € 76.48 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/1533150-the-homing-instinct-meaning-and-mystery-in-animal-migration-hardcover) ## Best For - bernd heinrich enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted bernd heinrich brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration Hardcover – April 8, 2014 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Ma7KLnwyL.jpg) ![The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration Hardcover – April 8, 2014 - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41qtd4snxwL.jpg) ![The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration Hardcover – April 8, 2014 - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31jrJoC4GUL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Birds Behavior, a revelatory journey *by K***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 7, 2023* This book was a delight and informative. It raised awareness and wonder in this reader. How learned and patient was the naturalist author. Such a worthwhile read! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good, but not his best *by B***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 28, 2015* I have read most of Bernd Heinrich's books and have enjoyed all of them immensely. This book is no exception. Heinrich has a unique ability to ask questions about how nature works and find answers from homely experiments that seem obvious in retrospect. This book is good, but not among Heinrich's best. In his enthusiasm he flits from species to species like an overactive hummingbird leaving this reader to plead for more focus, especially on birds, which is my particular interest. Still the stories, informed by Heinrich's vast knowledge of the natural world, are fascinating and described with his usual attention to scientific detail. Near the end of the book in an effort to explain his own sense of "home" the author wanders off in a long discourse about deer hunting in Maine with his nephew that smacks more of nostalgia than science. Perhaps this nostalgia is just another example of the homing instinct that is the subject of this book, but for me it seemed extraneous. In fact, I skipped several of these pages. Nonetheless, even if this book does not rank among his best works, it is still very good and, in fact, better than most. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Home and it's various meanings to all inhabitants of our "home" planet, Earth. *by M***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 7, 2015* I enjoy all of Mr. Heinrich's books and they are always a fascinating and educational trip through the wonders of the natural world. "The Homing Instinct" is no exception. In it, the author discusses not only the quest for "home" through migration, but also what "home" exactly means to different species and even to us has humans. There are numerous descriptions of animals and their homes, from Sociable Weaver birds and their apartment complexes in the African desert, the amazing migratory activities of Monarch butterflies and Bar-Tailed Godwits, the practices of finding and keeping a home as described in bees and a number of different bird species, and Mr. Heinrich even explains in a fascinating chapter his theories as to how the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and other species are very integrated into their "homing" activities. The latter portion of the book takes a more personal tone as the author writes of his concept of home and sense of place (the chapter titled "On Home Ground" almost made me want to become a deer hunter, it is so lovingly written) and also about out sense of place and connections to "home" in this increasingly technological age. Overall, a wonderfully written and fascinating book, as I find all writings of this amazing naturalist are. 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