by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
You would think, based on the title, cover, and back cover description, that this would be about crows. You would be wrong. Instead, it's a 236 page pat on her own back by the author for being oh so much more observant of nature than everyone else. She calls herself a "radical birdwatcher" and ...
Interesting, inspiring, and insightful at times. This book did make me look at the city around me me in a totally different way.UPDATE: 8/1/13 Ok, so I finished this book a little less than a month ago, and I've been trying to do as [a:Lyanda Lynn Haupt|16810|Lyanda Lynn Haupt|http://d202m5krfqbp...
First the nitpicky bits: an editor should have picked up on the fact that Haupt calls crane flies 'cane flies' throughout. And there was one wincing 'tales' for tails. This isn't really a book about crows at all. It's a memoir, a book about Haupt being alert to her surroundings, a book about waking ...
Crow Planet provided plenty of "aha" moments for me. I've always differentiated between the cities where I live and the natural world. Nature has always been "out there" for me. Haupt goes a long way toward removing this artificial barrier. By thinking of urban landscapes as part of the natural worl...
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