Customer Reviews

The American Crow & Common Raven (W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series)

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There are more than enough reasons to pick up this book if you have any interest in crows or birds in general or even seeing a good example of descriptive biological studies, however one point missed by others are the beautiful illustrations in this volume that are well above average for a science book.

There are very few books about Corvids, and even fewer based on North American research, but this wonderful volume is a solid step in the right direction that is both well informed while also personable, leaving one to hope that future volumes or at least more research on these birds will result.

Any Corvid enthusiasts should purchase this book without hesitation as it is a relatively inexpensive and irreplacible contribution to the literature.

This book illustrates great behavioral and environmental aspects of crow life within social groups. It was nice for me to read this book to familiarize myself more with Crows with my research. As a corvid researcher myself I found the book very interesting, educational, and informative. I suggest anyone interested in birds or corvids (crows, jays, ravens, magpies, etc.) especially should read this book. The author writes with passion about his research and he explains it in a VERY simple way, understanding is easy. All in all this book was AWSOME!

With a keen observer's eye and a flair for marvelous prose, Kilham has written a book that is not only an important resource for researchers in behavioral biology, but also a delightful read for any nature lover.

I thought that this book was very informative and easy to read. I research on corvid communication and even found the book to have VERY important information. Anyone interested in birds in general should read this book!

A great combination of scholarly and anecdotal information. Easy to read, with new ideas. Makes one want to look into the subject further. Unusual, interesting, and entirely lacking the reductionism that makes most observations by scientists so deathly boring and incomplete. Very pleased to have found this book.

The book arrived promptly and in excellent condition. It is well written, full of factual information and vignettes. I am a bird lover and particularly fond of crows and ravens. I have recommended this book to acquaintances who work with birds.

My husband and I are fascinated by crows so for his birthday I ordered this book. There is so much fascinating information here. I knew that they are incredibly smart so interesting to read more about this. I especially enjoyed reading about crows in different territories and especially in New England. We have been long interested in ravens and are still trying to see one so perhaps our new knowledge will help. We were also interested to learn that Blue Jays are a part of the same family, but they are so common around here that we don't get excited about them. It's time we did.