Foreword ix
Bernd Heinrich
Preface xv
Cast of Characters, Lay of the Land xix
one Can You Make a Living from a Love of Natural Science?
1(20)
two Stocking the Aviary
21(24)
three Torture in the Hut
45(24)
four Raven Nights
69(20)
five Torment on the Trail
89(14)
six Becoming Parents
103(22)
seven Dog Days
125(22)
eight A Second Winter of Ravens
147(34)
nine Dating and Mating
181(26)
ten Radio Waves
207(18)
eleven Moving On
225(16)
twelve Twenty Years Later
241(6)
Appendix 1 A Schematic Chronology of Our Aviary Research 247(9)
Appendix 2 The Natural Histories of Dogs and Ravens 256(27)
Notes 283(11)
Bibliography 294(15)
Index 309