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The thing with feathers : the surprising lives of birds and what they reveal about being human
Title:
The thing with feathers : the surprising lives of birds and what they reveal about being human
Author:
Strycker, Noah K., author.
ISBN:
9781594486357
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York :

Riverhead Books,

c2014.

©2014
Physical Description:
xiv, 288 pages : illustsrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
Body. Fly away home : how pigeons get around ; Spontaneous order : the curious magnetism of starling flocks ; The buzzard's nostril : sniffing out a turkey vulture's talents ; Snow flurries : owls, invasions, and wanderlust ; Hummingbird wars : implications of flight in the fast land -- Mind. Fight or flights : what penguins are afraid of ; Beat generation : dancing parrots and our strange love of music ; Seeing red : when the pecking order breaks down ; Cache memory : how nutcrackers hoard information -- Spirit. Magpie in the mirror ; reflections on avian self-awareness ; Arts and craftiness : the aesthetics of bowerbird seduction ; Fairy helpers : when cooperation is just a game ; Wandering hearts : the tricky question of albatross love.
Abstract:
An associate editor for Birding draws on his expertise in a range of extreme environments to offer insights into bird behavior and intelligence, from the flocking abilities of starlings to the memories of nutcrackers, while revealing the unexpected intimate coexistence between birds and humans.
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