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What the robin knows how birds reveal the secrets of the natural world

Shares strategies for expanding one's awareness of bird communication and maintaining a non-threatening presence in natural environments, explaining the sounds and behaviors that reflect various bird warnings, feelings, and messages.

Main Author:	Young, Jon, 1960-
Other Authors:	Gardoqui, Dan.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Subjects:	Young, Jon, > 1960- > Travel > New Jersey. Birdsongs. Songbirds > Behavior. Bird watching. Nature observation. Philosophy of nature. Natural history > New Jersey.

Summary:	Shares strategies for expanding one's awareness of bird communication and maintaining a non-threatening presence in natural environments, explaining the sounds and behaviors that reflect various bird warnings, feelings, and messages.
Physical Description:	xxviii, 241 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780547451251 0547451253
Author Notes:	Jon Young is on the leading edge of animal tracking and understanding bird language. He has been exploring animal communication for 35 years and was mentored by the famous tracker Tom Brown Jr. as well as a tribal elder in Africa. Jon developed the 8 Shields Cultural Mentoring System, a model that has influenced more than 100 nature programs in communities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe and is also creator of the Shikari Method for data collection, which is used by the USFWS. Jonhas given over 1,000 public presentations and has mentored numerous students of his own. Married, with six children, Jon lives in Santa Cruz, California.

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