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ISBN13: 9780679732365
ISBN10: 0679732365
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Why should ravens--which are usually solitary birds--share valuable food in the dead of winter? How clever are these birds? Do they have a language? These are some of the riddles that noted sociobiologist Bernd Heinrich, author of Bumblebee Economics and winner of the John Burroughs Medal, explores in this intriguing book. 16 pages of drawings.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-354) and index.

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: jebiron, January 31, 2010 (view all comments by jebiron)
As a social scientist and researcher (albeit) in a different field, it is always a pleasure to discover the writings of an academic completely in love with his life’s work. Ravens in Winter is a rare read; a work of love that stays true to basic scientific tenets and research principles. Springing from some place close to the author's heart and yet also remaining close to the data it could also be titled The Diary of a Compulsive Field Biologist or The Man who Loved Ravens. I stumbled across this book in one of those small labyrinthine used book stores where one never knows what lies around the next stack. Moseying along and scanning the shelves, it was the large raven on the tattered dust cover that caught my eye. I opened it up and found that some thoroughly enthralled prior reader had penned legible notes in the margins and dog-eared important pages-- clearly engaged in, and commenting upon, the material. He'd been completely hooked... and so was I. My reading took more than a few enjoyable evenings by the fire. The book is a hoot, loaded with insights, sketches, and observations that could only come from a passionate investigator smitten with his subject. I would recommend this book to any birder or person who might appreciate a precise, new account of animal behavior. You will never look at a raven the same way again.
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ISBN:: 9780679732365
Editor:: Heinrich, Bernd
Publisher:: Random House
Author:: Heinrich, Bernd
Location:: New York :
Subject:: Wildlife
Subject:: Nature
Subject:: Birds & Birdwatching
Subject:: Behavior
Subject:: Ravens
Subject:: Corvus corax -- Behavior.
Subject:: Corvus corax
Subject:: Birds & Birdwatching - General
Edition Description:: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publication Date:: October 1991
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 400
Dimensions:: 8.02x5.26x.84 in. .83 lbs.

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Science and Mathematics » Nature Studies » Birds » Ornithology
Science and Mathematics » Ornithology » General Ornithology and Birding
Science and Mathematics » Ornithology » Species and Groups by Type

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