The thing with feathers : the surprising lives of birds and what they reveal about being human / Noah Strycker.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Strycker, Noah K.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Riverhead Books, c2014.
Subjects:	Birds > Behavior. Bird watching > Anecdotes. Human-animal relationships.

Table of Contents:

part one: Body. Fly away home : how pigeons get around ; Spontaneous order : the curious magnetism of starling flocks ; The buzzard's nostril : sniffing out a turkey vulture's talents ; Snow flurries : owls, invasions, and wanderlust ; Hummingbird wars : implications of flight in the fast lane
part two: Mind. Fight or flight : what penguins are afraid of ; Beat generation : dancing parrots and our strange love of music ; Seeing red : when the pecking order breaks down ; Cache memory : how nutcrackers hoard information
part three: Spirit. Magpie in the mirror : reflections on avian self-awareness ; Arts and craftiness : the aesthetics of bowerbird seduction ; Fairy helpers : when cooperation is just a game ; Wandering hearts : the tricky question of albatross love.

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