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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Epigraph
Preface
Part I: What Birds Tell Us About the Natural World
Chapter 1: Birds: The Dinosaurs That Made It
Chapter 2: Hummingbirds: The Magic of Flight
Chapter 3: Canaries and Black-Backed Woodpeckers: Birds as Flying Sentinels
Chapter 4: A Murmuring of Birds: The Extraordinary Design of the Flock
Part II: The Gifts of Birds
Chapter 5: The Power of a Feather
Chapter 6: From Egg to Table, Part One: The Chicken
Chapter 7: From Egg to Table, Part Two: Wild Birds
Chapter 8: The Miracle of Guano
Chapter 9: Nature’s Cleanup Crew
Part III: Discovering Ourselves Through Birds
Chapter 10: Bird Brain, Human Brain
Chapter 11: The Surprisingly Astute Minds of Ravens and Crows
Chapter 12: The Secret Language of Birds
Chapter 13: The Bee-eaters: A Modern Family
Chapter 14: Extreme Physiologies: Birds, the Ultimate Athletes
Part IV: Birds and the Hope for a Better Future
Chapter 15: Nature’s Hired Men: Putting Birds to Work
Chapter 16: The City Bird: From Sidewalk to Sky
Chapter 17: The Transformational Power of Birds
Chapter 18: Birds as Social Workers
Chapter 19: Expanding Our Senses
Epilogue: The Future of Birds
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
Other Titles
About the Author
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