Something to Crow about! Gifts of the Crow
Gifts of the Crow book cover
John Marzluff and Tony Angell, authors of “Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans,” will be the next guests on BirdCallsRadio, coming up this Sunday from 1 to 2 p.m. EST on 1490 WGCH.
Published by Free Press, the book takes an in-depth look at the amazing and intelligent world of the corvid family, which includes crows, ravens and jays. Marzluff is a preeminent
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researcher on crows and Angell is an artist and naturalist.Together they tell fascinating, true stories of surprising crow behavior, such as crows using tree bark to wind surf along ridge tops, tools to get food from hard-to-reach places, and giving gifts to people who help or feed them.
Along with these and other amazing stories, the authors explain the engrossing, breakthrough science that accounts for this behavior, as well as arresting illustrations of the crow’s antics and anatomy.
In “Gifts of the Crow,” Marzluff and Angell prove that crows are highly intelligent, undeniably emotional, and more similar to humans than we ever imagined.
So tune into BirdCallsRadio this Sunday to find out about how this amazing book on
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amazing birds came together.
John Marzluff, Ph.D., is Professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington. The author of four books and more than 100 scientific papers on various aspects of bird behavior, his research has been the focus of articles in the New York Times, National Geographic, Audubon, Boys Life, The Seattle Times, and National Wildlife.
Tony Angell is an illustrator and sculptor, he has authored and/or illustrated a dozen award-winning books related to natural history. Most recently, his drawings in the coauthored book, In the Company of Crows and Ravens, received the prestigious Victoria/Albert prize. Tony’s drawings, paintings, and three-dimensional works all come from nature and the wilds of our own backyard.
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