Once I had an experience with some wild golden pheasants in Kew Gardens in London. Witness Jane Goodall's paradigm-shifting observations of the Gombe chimps. I also have a problem with scientific pronouncements of animal behaviour being taken as gospel and anecdotes considered frivolous when they actually might be even more meaningful. I always have a problem with scientists' testing of animals because we are testing them in comparison to our own intelligence not to themselves.
But although it is science-based, to some extent, it is full of unproven theories and anecdotes, some of which are very charming and some which belabour the point at length.
So since I liked Bernd Heinrich's Mind of the Raven and his other books on ravens, owls and geese, I prepared to meet another 5-star natural history book. I read this over Christmas mostly because a customer ordered four copies saying it was brilliant and would make great gifts.
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