Posts Tagged ‘Gifts of the Crow’

I wish I could review every bird book that I get. But, unfortunately, that doesn’t seem like it will happen. Here are some recent books that I haven’t gotten to yet. I may eventually post a full review for some of these, but I wanted to go ahead and give some brief thoughts on them. […]

Here are some bird book reviews that I noticed last month. There’s no crying in bird book reviews! The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern & Western Region Birdfreak The Nature of the Meadowlands 10,000 Birds The Unfeathered Bird Birds from Behind New York Times(!!!) The Nature of Things The Flying Mullet The Nemesis […]

John Mazluff and Tony Angell, the authors of Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans, will be holding a live video chat run through uStream on July 10, 12 PM PST. Tweet your questions with #chatSS before AND during the event. To access the uStream – […]

Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans by John Marzluff and Tony Angell From Free Press: CROWS ARE MISCHIEVOUS, playful, social, and passionate. They have brains that are huge for their body size and exhibit an avian kind of eloquence. They mate for life and associate […]