![]() “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. as Mind of the Raven illustrates, a nature writer of uncommon talent.”- Edward O. is a scientist and naturalist of the first rank. ![]() ![]() Heinrich has documented a level of intelligence and social sophistication rarely even dreamed to exist in birds. 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, students become their intimates, too. Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. In considering the appeal of the raven, Bernd Heinrich suspects that a meeting of the minds might reside in that hunting trinity. The trinity of wolf, man, and raven in the hunt is an ancient one. As scavengers, ravens were associated with hunters they found in the north: wolves and later men. Ravens, like early humans, are scavengers on the kills of great carnivores. Throughout history there has existed an extraordinary relationship between humans and ravens. ![]()
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