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Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays

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By (author): Candace Savage

Internationally celebrated nature writer Candace Savage presents the Corvid family surprisingly bright, brassy, and colorful birdsin a remarkable collection of full-color, close-up photographs by some of the worlds best wildlife photographers. 

Birds have long been viewed as the archetypal featherbrainsbeautiful but dumb. But according to naturalist Candace Savage, bird brain, as a pejorative expression, should be rendered obsolete by new research on the family of corvids: crows and their close relations.

The ancients who regarded these remarkable birds as oracles, bringers of wisdom, or agents of vengeance were on the right track, for corvids appear to have powers of abstraction, memory, and creativity that put them on a par with many mammals, even higher primates. Bird Brains presents these bright, brassy, and surprisingly colorful birds in a remarkable collection of full-color, close-up photographs by some two dozen of the worlds best wildlife photographers.

Savages lively, authoritative text describes the life and behavior of sixteen representative corvid species that inhabit North America and Europe. Drawing on recent research, she describes birds that recognize each other as individuals, call one another by name, remember and relocate thousands of hidden food caches, engage in true teamwork and purposeful play, and generally exhibit an extraordinary degree of sophistication.


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  • Dimensions: 254 x 241mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Aug 2018
  • Publisher: Greystone BooksCanada
  • Publication City/Country: Canada
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781771644259

About Candace Savage

Candace Savage is the author of more than two dozen books including A Geography of Blood which won the Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction and Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World.

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