Bird Brains: The intelligence of crows, ravens, magpies, and jays
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780871563798 (0871563797)
Publish date: October 17th 1995
Publisher: Sierra Club Books
Pages no: 134
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Science,
Environment,
Nature,
Natural History,
Biology,
Ecology,
Science Nature,
Animals,
Birds,
Ornithology
Bird-brain is by no means an insult. When I happened upon this book at the library, I was delighted by the potential mix of one of my passions, animal intelligence, and positive PR for a widely maligned species. Alas, then, when I discovered this book was heavy on the pictures, light on the intellig...
A must-read for anyone interested in birds, including younger folk. Easy to read but very informative.I really liked this author's more recent book on crows, so I knew I had to read this one too. She has distilled information from many different sources into a very enjoyable, easily understood boo...