How to Know the Birds

How to Know the Birds
Author: Ted Floyd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2019
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1426220030

"In this elegant narrative, celebrated naturalist Ted Floyd guides you through a year of becoming a better birder. Choosing 200 top avian species to teach key lessons, Floyd introduces a new, holistic approach to bird watching and shows how to use the tools of the 21st century to appreciate the natural world we inhabit together whether city, country or suburbs." -- From book jacket.

The American Crow and the Common Raven

The American Crow and the Common Raven
Author: Lawrence Kilham
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1989
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780890964668

Drawing on his own experiences in Florida and New England, with reference to published literature, Kilham describes many hitherto unknown aspects of the behavior of crows and ravens. He particularly emphasizes the cooperation in food gathering (some call it theft) and storage, breeding, nesting, and defense. Includes wonderful drawings by Joan Waltermire. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Ravens in Winter

Ravens in Winter
Author: Bernd Heinrich
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2014-10-07
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1476794561

Originally published: New York: Summit Books, 1989.

In the Company of Crows and Ravens

In the Company of Crows and Ravens
Author: John M. Marzluff
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0300135262

“Crows and people share similar traits and social strategies. To a surprising extent, to know the crow is to know ourselves.”—from the Preface From the cave walls at Lascaux to the last painting by Van Gogh, from the works of Shakespeare to those of Mark Twain, there is clear evidence that crows and ravens influence human culture. Yet this influence is not unidirectional, say the authors of this fascinating book: people profoundly influence crow culture, ecology, and evolution as well. John Marzluff and Tony Angell examine the often surprising ways that crows and humans interact. The authors contend that those interactions reflect a process of “cultural coevolution.” They offer a challenging new view of the human-crow dynamic—a view that may change our thinking not only about crows but also about ourselves. Featuring more than 100 original drawings, the book takes a close look at the influences people have had on the lives of crows throughout history and at the significant ways crows have altered human lives. In the Company of Crows and Ravens illuminates the entwined histories of crows and people and concludes with an intriguing discussion of the crow-human relationship and how our attitudes toward crows may affect our cultural trajectory.

The Raven

The Raven
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1883
Genre: Ravens
ISBN:

Lives of North American Birds

Lives of North American Birds
Author: Kenn Kaufman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 708
Release: 1996
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780618159888

The bestselling natural history of birds, lavishly illustrated with 600 colorphotos, is now available for the first time in flexi binding.

The Common Raven

The Common Raven
Author: Richard L. Knight
Publisher:
Total Pages: 70
Release: 1980
Genre: Birds
ISBN:

Paper describing the comon raven (three subspecies: Corvus corax principalis, Corvus corax sinuatus, and Corvus corax clarionensis), its life history, habitat requirements, relationships with other raptors, other wildlife and man, its beneficial and adverse influences, and place in myth and Indian lore.

Bird Brains

Bird Brains
Author: Candace Savage
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1997
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780871569561

Argues that the birds' powers of abstraction, memory, and creativity are equal to many mammals

Mind of the Raven

Mind of the Raven
Author: Bernd Heinrich
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-05-29
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780061136054

Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies their daily routines, and in the process, paints a vivid picture of the ravens' world. At the heart of this book are Heinrich's love and respect for these complex and engaging creatures, and through his keen observation and analysis, we become their intimates too. Heinrich's passion for ravens has led him around the world in his research. Mind of the Raven follows an exotic journey—from New England to Germany, and from Montana to Baffin Island in the high Arctic—offering dazzling accounts of how science works in the field, filtered through the eyes of a passionate observer of nature. Each new discovery and insight into raven behavior is thrilling to read, at once lyrical and scientific.

The Folklore of Birds

The Folklore of Birds
Author: Laura C. Martin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 231
Release: 1993
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781564402165

Accurate descriptions, histories, myths, and legends of more than 100 birds.