Description

Throughout history there has existed an extraordinary relationship between humans and ravens. Ravens, like early humans, are scavengers on the kills of great carnivores. As scavengers, ravens were associated with hunters they found in the north: wolves and later men. The trinity of wolf, man, and raven in the hunt is an ancient one. In considering the appeal of the raven, Bernd Heinrich suspects that a meeting of the minds might reside in that hunting trinity. Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. At the heart of this book are Heinrich’s love and respect for these complex and engaging creatures, and through his keen observation and analysis, students become their intimates, too.

“An amazing book . . . Heinrich has documented a level of intelligence and social sophistication rarely even dreamed to exist in birds. . . . [He] is a scientist and naturalist of the first rank . . . as Mind of the Raven illustrates, a nature writer of uncommon talent.”- Edward O. Wilson