“Bernd Heinrich is one of the finest living examples of that strange hybrid: the science writer.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review “Heinrich has a rare ability to embed dense scientific explications within graceful, lightfooted nature writing.” - David Quammen, New York Times Book Review
“An amazing book.a scientist and naturalist of the first rank.a nature writer of uncommon talent.” - Edward O. Each new discovery and insight into raven behavior is thrilling to read, at once lyrical and scientific. Mind of the Raven follows an exotic journey-from New England to Germany, and from Montana to Baffin Island in the high Arctic-offering dazzling accounts of how science works in the field, filtered through the eyes of a passionate observer of nature.
Heinrich's passion for ravens has led him around the world in his research. At the heart of this book are Heinrich's love and respect for these complex and engaging creatures, and through his keen observation and analysis, we become their intimates too. He studies their daily routines, and in the process, paints a vivid picture of the ravens' world. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven.
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