The Thing With Feathers

“[Strycker]?thinks like a biologist but writes like a poet.” — Wall Street JournalAn entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world?and deep connection with humanity. ? Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As we learn more about the secrets of bird life, we are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, relationships, game theory, and the nature of intelligence itself. The Thing with Feathers explores the astonishing homing abilities of pigeons, the good deeds of fairy-wrens, the influential flocking abilities of starlings, the deft artistry of bowerbirds, the extraordinary memories of nutcrackers, the lifelong loves of albatrosses, and other mysteries?revealing why birds do what they do, and offering a glimpse into our own nature. Drawing deep from personal experience, cutti