Filled with wonderful stories of regular people's interactions with ravens, crows, and jays, it also cites engrossing scientific studies, reports on the field work of biologists, and offers detailed explanations of how the brain of a corvid actually works. I was fascinated."–Suzie Gilbert, ...
Swoon-worthy guy– Oh hmm…I would say Cathal from Heir of Sevenwaters but I feel as if that is cheating because this was like my 4th re-read. So maybe Silhara from theMaster of Crowsseries. I picked those up on a whim and loved the brooding anti-hero and his eventual softness brou...
A lot of books on animal cognition and behavior — crows, ravens, dogs and even ants. I’m a sucker for dog training books as well. And I collect antiquarian books on biology. One is a four-volume set, “The Science of Life,” by sci-fi writer HG Wells; his son...
Make sure you check out Genhart’sSampling of Bird Groupsat the end of the book. Readers will also have fun with the list of birds and their associated collective nouns. For example:Crows(murder, congress, horde, muster, cauldron);Pelicans(squadron, pod, scoop); andTurkeys(rafter, gobble,...
which helped keep my motivation up. One of the great things about this story and the way it was written, in terms of the main character, that we are all going into this journey of self-discovery and truth together. With the looming threat of this new weapon and the capture of her grou...
Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays by Candace SavageCaw of the Wild: Observations from the Secret World of Crows by Barbara KirplukCrow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness by Lynda Lynn Haupt
Somewhere along the way, you will cross an unmarked divide where deer give way to moose, crows give way to ravens, and coyotes give way to wolves. By the time you get to North Star, the wide-open spaces for which Alberta is famous will be filled in by low, mixed forest and bogland...
This volume is a retelling of the Lenape myth of how crows became black and acquired their raspy voices. The story is printed in English and Ojibwe. The accompanying CD-ROM is read in English, French (Bouchard) and Ojibwe (Jason Jones) with background music by the Paris-based Ecuadorian ...
Ravens, crows, mynahs, starlings, magpies, even jays are the birds the author tries to educate. She deserves a great deal of credit for keeping these birds alive in a cage situation, in addition to coping with their mess. She is good with birds and loves them dearly, but to her dismay...
I'm looking for a book/series that I read in the eary 80's. The subject of the books is a boy that has to collect these medallions and place them onto a belt. It seems that the story takes place in Europe, Wales area. I remember there was alot of references to crows/ravens when...