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Author : Nathan Emery
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691165173
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Bird Brain written by Nathan Emery and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book was conceived, designed and produced by Ivy Press"--Title page verso.
Author : Candace Savage
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
ISBN 13 : 9780871569561
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (695 download)
Download or read book Bird Brains written by Candace Savage and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that the birds' powers of abstraction, memory, and creativity are equal to many mammals
Author : Guy Kennaway
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0224093991
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Bird Brain written by Guy Kennaway and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A diehard pheasant-shooting landowner called 'Banger' is killed in a shooting incident and returns to earth as a pheasant. His long-suffering family think his death was an accident, but his gun dogs know it was murder.
Author : Chuck Mullin
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783527862
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)
Download or read book Bird Brain written by Chuck Mullin and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Chuck Mullin began to suffer from anxiety and depression aged seventeen, she turned to drawing comics as a way to make sense of her experience. She soon found that pigeons were the perfect subjects through which to explore the complexities of living with mental illness, and several years later, her funny, quirky birds have won legions of fans online. From Bad Times to Positivity, the comics in Bird Brain use humour to provide a glimpse of what’s going on in Chuck’s head: dissociative episodes; cycles of anxiety; her struggle to accept she’s not alone; and the power of optimism on the days it’s possible.
Author : Johanna Sinisalo
Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0720613825
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Birdbrain written by Johanna Sinisalo and published by Peter Owen Publishers. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the critically acclaimed Troll, the new novel from Johanna Sinisalo is full of her trademark style, surreal invention, and savage humor Set in Australasia, this is the story of a young Finnish couple who have embarked on the hiking trip of a lifetime, with Heart of Darkness as their only reading matter. Conrad’s dark odyssey turns out to be a prescient choice as their trip turns into a tortuous thriller, with belongings disappearing, and they soon find themselves at the mercy of untamed nature, seemingly directed by the local kakapo—a highly intellegent parrot threatened with extinction. This is a skillful portrait of the unquenchable desire of Westerners for the pure and the primitive, revealing the dark side of the explorer’s desire—the insatiable need to control, to invade, and leave one’s mark on the landscape. But what happens when nature starts to fight back?
Author : Harris Philip Zeigler
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262240369
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Vision, Brain, and Behavior in Birds written by Harris Philip Zeigler and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first comprehensive and current review of considerable progress made over the past decade in analyzing neural and behavioral mechanisms mediating visually guided behavior in birds.The visual capacities of birds rival even those of primates, and their visual system probably reflects the operation of a ground plan common to all vertebrates. This book provides the first comprehensive and current review of considerable progress made over the past decade in analyzing neural and behavioral mechanisms mediating visually guided behavior in birds.The book's five major sections deal with the visual world of birds, the organization of avian visual systems, the development and plasticity of visual structure and function, visuomotor control mechanisms, and cognitive processes. The introduction to each section discusses the nature and significance of the problem areas, providing a context for the chapters to follow, which review the current status of research on a specific problem. The contributors are an international assemblage of researchers, representing a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ornithology to neurophysiology and including ethology, experimental psychology, anatomy, and developmental neurobiology. For the ethologist, avian behavior is the source of a wide variety of species-typical fixed action patterns; for the experimental psychologist, birds are the subject of choice for studies of conditioning, learning, and cognitive processes; for the neurobiologist they provide model systems for studying developmental processes, sensory mechanisms, orientation, and motor control. For these reasons, research on the avian brain and behavior occupies an increasingly important place in contemporary behavioral biology.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780399236143
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (361 download)
Download or read book Birdbrain Amos written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Amos the hippopotamus advertises for a bird to help him with his bug problem, the tick bird who answers his ad creates a different set of problems for him by building a nest on Amos's head.
Author : Jennifer Ackerman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399563121
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)
Download or read book The Genius of Birds written by Jennifer Ackerman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lovely, celebratory. For all the belittling of ‘bird brains,’ [Ackerman] shows them to be uniquely impressive machines . . .” —New York Times Book Review “A lyrical testimony to the wonders of avian intelligence.” —Scientific American An award-winning science writer tours the globe to reveal what makes birds capable of such extraordinary feats of mental prowess Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores their newly discovered brilliance and how it came about. As she travels around the world to the most cutting-edge frontiers of research, Ackerman not only tells the story of the recently uncovered genius of birds but also delves deeply into the latest findings about the bird brain itself that are shifting our view of what it means to be intelligent. At once personal yet scientific, richly informative and beautifully written, The Genius of Birds celebrates the triumphs of these surprising and fiercely intelligent creatures. Ackerman is also the author of Birds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast.
Author : Tim Birkhead
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 140883054X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Bird Sense written by Tim Birkhead and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it like to be a swift, flying at over one hundred kilometres an hour? Or a kiwi, plodding flightlessly among the humid undergrowth in the pitch dark of a New Zealand night? And what is going on inside the head of a nightingale as it sings, and how does its brain improvise?Bird Sense addresses questions like these and many more, by describing the senses of birds that enable them to interpret their environment and to interact with each other. Our affinity for birds is often said to be the result of shared senses - vision and hearing - but how exactly do their senses compare with our own? And what about a birds' sense of taste, or smell, or touch or the ability to detect the earth's magnetic field? Or the extraordinary ability of desert birds to detect rain hundreds of kilometres away - how do they do it?Bird Sense is based on a conviction that we have consistently underestimated what goes on in a bird's head. Our understanding of bird behaviour is simultaneously informed and constrained by the way we watch and study them. By drawing attention to the way these frameworks both facilitate and inhibit discovery, it identifies ways we can escape from them to seek new horizons in bird behaviour.There has never been a popular book about the senses of birds. No one has previously looked at how birds interpret the world or the way the behaviour of birds is shaped by their senses. A lifetime spent studying birds has provided Tim Birkhead with a wealth of observation and an understanding of birds and their behaviour that is firmly grounded in science.
Author : Laura McDermott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781087870533
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Lessons from a Birdbrain written by Laura McDermott and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lessons from a Birdbrain combines beginning birdwatching, photography and mindfulness. My hope is readers will encounter a concept or a visual they may have heard or seen before that will resonate differently based on the combination. "When the student is ready, the teacher appears" and I hope that outcome will be encouraged by this book...and/or the teacher is a bird. -- description from prefacem, p. 7
Author : Joanne Levy
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1459837738
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (598 download)
Download or read book Bird Brain written by Joanne Levy and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Selling Points Arden is a science-loving seventh grader who wishes for a pet...until her Uncle Eli gives her Ludwig, his African Grey parrot, to look after while he's away. The book is filled with a lot of fun parrot antics and is chock-full of facts about keeping birds as pets. Joanne Levy has a pet parrot and pulled many elements from her own feathered friend. The main character, Arden, must face a bully who uses insults and threats, and the book makes clear that bullying doesn't have to be physical to be serious and damaging. The author has written extensively for the middle-grade reader, and her book Sorry For Your Loss was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award, won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award and is a Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable Book.
Author : Laura Perdew
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1098218469
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Birdbrain: Are Birds Dumb? written by Laura Perdew and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Birdbrain" often describes an individual who is not very smart. Birdbrain dives into bird characteristics and behavior to investigate if there is truth behind this common expression. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Kids Core is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author : Jeremy Hyman
Publisher : MoonDance Press
ISBN 13 : 1633221539
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (332 download)
Download or read book Bird Brains written by Jeremy Hyman and published by MoonDance Press. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces a wide variety of bird behaviors, including how they communicate, how they build nests, and how they protect themselves from predators.--
Author : Peter Bradley
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 138741173X
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)
Download or read book BiRDBRAiN (the comic strip!) Volume 1 written by Peter Bradley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here it is. The first 100 comics from BiRDBRAiN (the comic strip!) collected into one volume that you can hold in your hand. Quality consecutive panel based entertainment at its finest!
Author : Professor Birdbrain
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1467809616
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (678 download)
Download or read book It’S Smart to Be a Birdbrain written by Professor Birdbrain and published by Author House. This book was released on 2006-04-14 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comments from Kids of All Ages It is a Rare and Admirable Educational Effort" Ms. Ramona Van Riper *President*National Turkey Vulture Society "A fun kid's book and you learn a lot about owls" Allison*Age10*Grade 5*Virginia "Gaylord the Prairie Dog is tooo cute" Geri*Age 62 yrs*Office Manager*California "Albert the Wood Duck is funny and cool, I really liked Albert" Willie*Age 13 yrs*7th Grade*Florida "Great Story-Good Facts" Bob*Age 54*Minister*Wisconsin "I was thoroughly "Edu-Tained" by the wonderful stories of Professor Birdbrain" Joanna*Teacher/Educator *www.mothernaturelive.com*California "I Think the story is full of facts and that it is a great story" Mathew*Age 8 yrs*Grade 38*Virginia "Professor Birbrain's creation and development of Edu-Tainment is an important contribution to educational literature" Daniel*Age 59 *Recycling Plant Manager*Minnesota
Author : Nicolae Naumof
Publisher : BookCountry
ISBN 13 : 1463004036
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)
Download or read book It Makes (No) Sense written by Nicolae Naumof and published by BookCountry. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a rational point of view, people often do things that make little or no sense. But when these actions are viewed through the lens of behavioral sciences, a new interpretation emerges. Through the filter of a four-dimensional model of human behavior, the reasons that people do what they do begin to come into focus. Building on this idea, It Makes (No) Sense offers a counterintuitive perspective and macro-rules on human judgment, decision-making, and behavior. The first section of the book, “How We Think,” explores human judgment and decision-making. This knowledge serves as the basic of understanding of how social factors, transient internal states, and physical environment elements influence human behavior. Sections two through six go on to describe the 4D Model of Human Behavior, a very effective tool for understanding, predicting, and influencing human behavior. This study gives particular attention to the drivers of human behavior beyond personality. Section seven, “An Alternative to Carrots and Sticks,” criticizes the established way of offering incentives and applying penalties in order to influence behavior. Through the careful application of knowledge from the behavioral and decision sciences, behavioral change can occur. With the journey through the behavioral sciences perspective celebrated in It Makes (No) Sense, things just might make a bit more sense.
Author : Irby J. Lovette
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118291050
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Bird Biology written by Irby J. Lovette and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by Forbes.com as one of the 12 best books about birds and birding in 2016 This much-anticipated third edition of the Handbook of Bird Biology is an essential and comprehensive resource for everyone interested in learning more about birds, from casual bird watchers to formal students of ornithology. Wherever you study birds your enjoyment will be enhanced by a better understanding of the incredible diversity of avian lifestyles. Arising from the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology and authored by a team of experts from around the world, the Handbook covers all aspects of avian diversity, behaviour, ecology, evolution, physiology, and conservation. Using examples drawn from birds found in every corner of the globe, it explores and distills the many scientific discoveries that have made birds one of our best known - and best loved - parts of the natural world. This edition has been completely revised and is presented with more than 800 full color images. It provides readers with a tool for life-long learning about birds and is suitable for bird watchers and ornithology students, as well as for ecologists, conservationists, and resource managers who work with birds. The Handbook of Bird Biology is the companion volume to the Cornell Lab’s renowned distance learning course, Ornithology: Comprehensive Bird Biology.
