The Social Lives of Birds: Flocks, Communes, and Families: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Social Lives of Birds: Flocks, Communes, and Families runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joan E. Strassmann (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Social Lives of Birds: Flocks, Communes, and Families is an audiobook by Joan E. Strassmann: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joan E. Strassmann, released September 23, 2025, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joan E. Strassmann
- Released
- September 23, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9798217161119
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Social Lives of Birds: Flocks, Communes, and Families as an audiobook?
The Social Lives of Birds: Flocks, Communes, and Families runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is The Social Lives of Birds: Flocks, Communes, and Families free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Social Lives of Birds: Flocks, Communes, and Families?
The Social Lives of Birds: Flocks, Communes, and Families is narrated by Joan E. Strassmann.