Genius of Birds

Revolutionary new research in the field of ornithology suggests that birds are astonishingly more intelligent than we had ever thought before, perhaps even rivaling primates in their intellect. In this book, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the brilliance of birds in her travels across the world. Ackerman highlights how birds use their genius in both unique and technical ways - from the nutcracker that can hide as many as 30,000 seeds over dozens of miles and remember exactly where to find them again several months later, to the mockingbirds and thrashers that can store up to 2,000 different songs in their brain, to crows that make their own tools, and to even the pigeon that can travel thousands of miles and still know exactly how to get back home. With anecdotes of birds with social smarts to scientific investigation, this book will change the you see birds.