![]() But it is also a lifework founded in passion: "I'm in biology," he says, "for the fun of it. Heinrich's lifework is founded in the field, in the painstaking observation that is the underpinning of behavioral biology. ![]() What started as mere curiosity turned into an impassioned research project, and Ravens In Winter, the first research of its kind, explores the fascinating biological puzzle of the raven's rather unconventional social habits. (He has studied ravens since 1984 and continues his passionate observation of those birds, refining always his understanding of their behavior and thinking.) The more Bernd Heinrich observed their habits, the more odd the bird's behavior became. Heinrich has also created, among other accomplishments, a definitive ornithological study, Ravens in Winter. The author of the acclaimed Bumblebee Economics, now a natural history classic, he has produced a number of other books, including his latest title, The Trees in My Forest, an homage to the rhythms of life in his 300-acre Maine forest.īut that's only the beginning in a career that has proved particularly expansive, even in the rarified sphere of world-class biologists. Heinrichs account of ravens as they foraged, when he banded fledglings, and in a giant aviary, where he studied them and vice versa. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. A relentlessly energetic field scientist, Heinrich is the ultimate intellectual omnivore: for starters, he is a leading expert on thermoregulation in insects. Vintage, 1991 - Corvus corax - 379 pages. ![]() Across Vermont meadows and up Maine mountainsides, writer Richard Wolkomir followed in the footsteps of University of Vermont biologist Bernd Heinrich. ![]()
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