Zur Zeit gibt es mehr Krähen als je zuvor. Ein Zeichen, wie sehr die Natur ins Ungleichgewicht geraten ist aber auch eine unglaubliche Chance, die Wildnis vor der Haustür zu entdecken. Selbst in der Großstadt sind wir umgeben von freilebenden Tieren, sie zu beobachten hilft uns, die natürliche Ordnung unseres Planeten zu verstehen. Wissenschaft, Geschichte und Mythologie, gewürzt mit Krähengeschichten der Autorin, verschaffen einen völlig neuen Blick auf unsere Umwelt.

Informationen zum Autor Lyanda Lynn Haupt has created and directed educational programs for Seattle Audubon, worked in raptor rehabilitation in Vermont, and as a seabird researcher for the Fish and Wildlife Service in the remote tropical Pacific. She is the author of Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent and Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds (winner of the 2002 Washington State Book Award). Her writing has appeared in Image , Open Spaces , Wild Earth , Conservation Biology Journal , Birdwatcher's Digest , and the Prairie Naturalist . She lives in West Seattle with her husband and daughter. Klappentext Now in paperback, the enchanting and bestselling book that opens our eyes to the wildlife in our midst. CROW PLANET is a book that's an eye-opening celebration of that humblest of birds: the common crow. CROW PLANET is a journey of ecological discovery, the text richly weaved with Haupt's own 'crow stories', scientific and scholarly research, and the crow's history and mythology. Today there are more crows than ever, and their abundance is both an indicator of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world. Lyanda Lynn Haupt's sublime tribute to the crow and an invitation to engage with the wild life in our midst. Zusammenfassung There are more crows now than ever. Their abundance is both an indicator of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world. Crow Planet reminds us that we do not need to head to faraway places to encounter "nature." Rather, even in the suburbs and cities where we live we are surrounded by wild life such as crows, and through observing them we can enhance our appreciation of the world's natural order. Crow Planet richly weaves Haupt's own "crow stories" as well as scientific and scholarly research and the history and mythology of crows, culminating in a book that is sure to make readers see the world around them in a very different way. ...

Autorentext
Lyanda Lynn Haupt has created and directed educational programs for Seattle Audubon, worked in raptor rehabilitation in Vermont, and as a seabird researcher for the Fish and Wildlife Service in the remote tropical Pacific. She is the author of Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent and Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds (winner of the 2002 Washington State Book Award).

Her writing has appeared in Image, Open Spaces, Wild Earth, Conservation Biology Journal, Birdwatcher's Digest, and the Prairie Naturalist. She lives in West Seattle with her husband and daughter.

Klappentext

Now in paperback, the enchanting and bestselling book that opens our eyes to the wildlife in our midst. CROW PLANET is a book that's an eye-opening celebration of that humblest of birds: the common crow. CROW PLANET is a journey of ecological discovery, the text richly weaved with Haupt's own 'crow stories', scientific and scholarly research, and the crow's history and mythology. Today there are more crows than ever, and their abundance is both an indicator of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world.

Zusammenfassung
There are more crows now than ever. Their abundance is both an indicator of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world. Crow Planet reminds us that we do not need to head to faraway places to encounter "nature." Rather, even in the suburbs and cities where we live we are surrounded by wild life such as crows, and through observing them we can enhance our appreciation of the world's natural order.

Crow Planet richly weaves Haupt's own "crow stories" as well as scientific and scholarly research and the history and mythology of crows, culminating in a book that is sure to make readers see the world around them in a very different way.