05113cam a2201153 4500 616868693 TxAuBib 20230125120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780691243788 0691243786 18ce8fd6-5d27-4999-8375-a46ce728e779 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9152680 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Birkhead, Tim. Birds and Us [Libby] : A 12,000-Year History from Cave Art to Conservation. Princeton University Press, 2022. biologist. falconry. ornithology. hatred. Scotland. London. woodpecker. politics. Cuckoo. wear and tear. Colonialism. Paul Gauguin. abuse. suggestion. Dissection. birdwatching. digital camera. Climate change. Biology. Ecology. Female. Natural History Museum. livestock. Career. Neolithic. Archaeology. amateur. Camouflage. illustration. Nuisance . eggshell. nature writing. Medievalism. St Kilda. Oskar. Roald Dahl . Population Dynamics. edward vii. overfishing. promiscuity. guillemot. razorbill. in death. pre-raphaelite brotherhood. irish sea. plumage. British Guiana. MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. duchy. William Holman Hunt. cruelty to animals. University College London. G. (novel.) Skomer. Barbary partridge. Biological specimen. Bridlington. British Birds (magazine.) Brood parasite. C. P. Snow. Cannibalism (zoology.) Common crane. Corvidae. Host (biology.) Hume's leaf warbler. Manx shearwater. Psittacosis. Richard Meinertzhagen. Spotted sandpiper. Thomas Henry Huxley. Tomb of Nebamun. Wood warbler. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 262MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 262MB. Nature. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>This audiobook narrated by acclaimed ornithologist Tim Birkhead traces the history of the long and close relationship between birds and humans</b><br /> Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art, and philosophy. We have worshipped birds as gods, hunted them for sustenance, adorned ourselves with their feathers, studied their wings to engineer flight, and, more recently, attempted to protect them. In <i>Birds and Us,</i> award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on a dazzling epic journey through our mutual history with birds, from the ibises mummified and deified by Ancient Egyptians to the Renaissance fascination with woodpecker anatomy—and from the Victorian obsession with egg collecting to today's fight to save endangered species and restore their habitats.<br /> Spanning continents and millennia, <i>Birds and Us</i> chronicles the beginnings of a written history of birds in ancient Greece and Rome, the obsession with falconry in the Middle Ages, and the development of ornithological science. Moving to the twentieth century, the book tells the story of the emergence of birdwatching and the field study of birds, and how they triggered an extraordinary flowering of knowledge and empathy for birds, eventually leading to today's massive worldwide interest in birds—and the realization of the urgent need to save them.<br /> Weaving in stories from Birkhead's life as scientist, including far-flung expeditions to wondrous Neolithic caves in Spain and the bustling guillemot colonies of the Faroe Islands, this rich and fascinating book is an unforgettable account of how birds have shaped us, and how we have shaped them.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-01-24 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=18ce8fd6-5d27-4999-8375-a46ce728e779&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=18ce8fd6-5d27-4999-8375-a46ce728e779&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)