Portland Public Library

Corvus, a life with birds, Esther Woolfson

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-321) and index

contains biographical information

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Corvus

bibliography

251195168

Esther Woolfson

a life with birds

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

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