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Birds, Jim Robbins posits, are our most essential connection to mother nature. They compel us to turn to the skies, both virtually and metaphorically, sketch us out into mother nature to get their beauty, and let us experience vicariously what it is like to be weightless. Birds have helped us in so many of our human efforts: understanding how to take flight, providing clothing and food, and helping us better understand the mind and body. The Surprise of Birds illuminates qualities unique to parrots that demonstrate precisely how invaluable they can be to humankind - both ecologically and spiritually. The wings of turkey buzzards affected the Wright brothers' trip design; the chickadee's melody is considered by researchers to be the most advanced language in the pet world; and the silently powerful occurrence of eagles in the disadvantaged area of Anacostia became an effective way for rehabilitating the stressed young people positioned in charge of their care. Exploring both cutting-edge technological research and our oldest ethnical beliefs, Robbins goes these astonishing animals from the backdrop of your lives to the foreground.
