Crows
Unwin, Mike2021
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Most of the UK's crow species - carrion crow, hooded crow, rook, jackdaw, raven, chough, magpie and jay - are very familiar birds to urban householder and countryside dweller alike. Together they make up the Corvidae family, and they have been deeply intertwined in our lives and culture since prehistoric times. However, familiarity often breeds contempt, and crows - also known as corvids - have long attracted a bad press. Reviled as raiders of crops, feeders on carrion, thieves of jewellery and bullies of smaller birds, crows have often found themselves on the wrong end of a shotgun. In this book, Mike Unwin looks at the biology and ecology of all 8 UK corvids and investigates why these birds have become deeply embedded in our culture, from children's rhymes and Norse mythology to Shakespeare's plays and the poems of Edgar Allen Poe.
Main title:
Crows / Mike Unwin.
Author:
Unwin, Mike, authorRoyal Society for the Protection of Birds, associated with work
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2021.
Collation:
128 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781472971777 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1225646
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