Exploring Bird Language – Stories from the Field by Geoffrey McMullan Someone Is Coming The San Bushmen call the Woodpecker (my favorite bird), Zana. They told me that when Zana calls it is telling them that someone will soon visit and indeed each time this happened they would call out “Sau” (the name they gave […]
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on May 16, 2013in Uncategorized
Observation is at the heart of Jon Young’s “What the Robin Knows,” which finds its wonders closer to home. Despite its humble title and slim size, it is no less ambitious than “Bird Sense,” promising that backyard bird observation can, in the words of the subtitle, “reveal the secrets of the natural world.” It is […]
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