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Corvus : a life with birds
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Corvus : a life with birds

Author: Esther Woolfson
Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Letting her experience speak for itself, Woolfson likens the fears and foibles of corvids to those of humans, taking into account the science of bird intelligence, evolution, song, and flight while also highlighting their big personalities and capacity for affection.
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Genre/Form: Case studies
Biography
Named Person: Esther Woolfson
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Esther Woolfson
ISBN: 9781582434773 : 1582434778
OCLC Number: 251195168
Notes: Originally published: London : Granta Publications, c2008.
Description: 337 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. Beginnings. Before birds --
The doves --
Le jour de gloire --
Madame Chickeboumskaya --
pt. 2. Life with corvids. The hole in the kitchen wall --
The black airts --
Spike --
The pleasure of the bath --
If men had wings- --
A few ticks of the clock --
Conversations with a magpie on the nature of consciousness --
pt. 3. Bird seasons. Winter --
Spring in the House of Rooks --
Bird music --
Ravens --
Of flight and feathers --
Ziki.
Responsibility: Esther Woolfson.

Abstract:

Letting her experience speak for itself, Woolfson likens the fears and foibles of corvids to those of humans, taking into account the science of bird intelligence, evolution, song, and flight while also highlighting their big personalities and capacity for affection.

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