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Author Marzluff, John M., author.

Title Dog days, raven nights / John M. Marzluff and Colleen Marzluff ; original linocut illustrations by Evon Zerbetz ; foreword by Bernd Heinrich
Published New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 323 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Can you make a living from a love of natural science? -- 2. Stocking the aviary -- 3. Torture in the hut -- 4. Raven nights -- 5. Torment on the trail -- 6. Becoming parents -- 7. Dog days -- 8. A second winter of ravens -- 9. Dating and mating -- 10. Radio waves -- 11. Moving on -- 12. Twenty years later -- Appendix 1: A schematic chronology of our aviary research -- Appendix 2: The natural histories of dogs and ravens
Summary Twenty years ago, fresh out of graduate school and recently married, John and Colleen Marzluff left Arizona for a small cabin in the mountains of western Maine. Their mission: to conduct the first-ever extensive study of the winter ecology of the Common Raven under the tutelage of biologist Bernd Heinrich. Drawing on field notes and personal diaries, they vividly and eloquently chronicle their three-year endeavor to research a mysterious and often misunderstood bird--assembling a gigantic aviary, climbing sentry trees, building bird blinds in the forest, capturing and sustaining 300 ravens as study subjects, and enduring harsh Maine winters in pursuit of their goal. They also shared the unique challenges and joys of raising, training, and racing the sled dogs that assisted them in their work. Accompanied by Evon Zerbetz's lovely linocut illustrations, Dog Days, Raven Nights is a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the adventures of field science and an insightful exploration of the nature of relationships, both animal and human
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Marzluff, John M.
Marzluff, Colleen.
SUBJECT Marzluff, Colleen fast
Marzluff, John M. fast
Subject Corvus corax -- Behavior
Corvus corax -- Psychology
Corvus corax -- Research -- Maine
Social behavior in animals.
Dogs.
Dogs
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
Corvus corax -- Behavior
Dogs
Social behavior in animals
Maine
Form Electronic book
Author Marzluff, Colleen, author.
Zerbetz, Evon, 1960- illustrator.
Heinrich, Bernd, 1962- writer of foreword.
LC no. 2010037009
ISBN 9780300171754
0300171757
1283057921
9781283057929
9786613057921
6613057924