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Index
Cover
Copyright
Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
SECTION 1 Evolution
1.1 Taking Wing
1.2 Fossil Pigments Reveal Dinosaur Origin of Bird Egg Colors
1.3 Giants of the Sky
1.4 How Birds Branched Out
1.5 Winged Victory
1.6 Tastes Like Pheasant
1.7 Bird Nests Used to Look More Like Fortresses
1.8 A Genetic Guide to Birds
SECTION 2 Intelligence
2.1 Bird Brains Are Far More Humanlike Than Once Thought
2.2 The Surprising Power of the Avian Mind
2.3 Young Ravens Rival Adult Chimps in a Big Test of General Intelligence
2.4 Brainy Bird
2.5 Crows Understand Analogies
2.6 City Birds: Big-Brained with Few Offspring or Small-Brained with a Lot
SECTION 3 Birdsong and Communication
3.1 Mockingbirds Are Better Musicians Than We Thought
3.2 Lyrebirds Lie to Get Sex
3.3 Baby Chicks Listen to Their Parents Even before Birth
3.4 Warbler Species Fires Up Song Diversity
3.5 Nature’s Headbangers
3.6 Bird Cries Wolf to Deceive Predator 40 Times Its Size
SECTION 4 Migration and Behavior
4.1 100 Years of Bird Banding
4.2 Migration Meteorologist
4.3 Migration Learning
4.4 Fast-Flapping Friends
4.5 Flamingos Can Be Picky about Company
4.6 Light Pollution Is Causing Birds to Nest Earlier—Which Might Not Be a Bad Thing
4.7 Bird Brawlers Love Spectators—Other Avian Species Are Welcome at Ringside
4.8 Vicious Woodpecker Battles Draw an Avian Audience
4.9 Barn Owl Babies Can Be Helpful Hatch Mates
SECTION 5 Conservation and Ecology
5.1 Ecologists Saved Bald Eagles with Helicopter Parenting
5.2 Bird, Interrupted
5.3 Invasive Species Can Sometimes Help an Ecosystem
5.4 Slimy Mudflat Biofilms Feed Migratory Birds—and Could Be Threatened
5.5 New Hope for Migratory Shorebirds
5.6 Repurposed Oyster Farm Bags Offer New Real Estate for Migratory Birds
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