A treasure trove of stories poems and information on the brainy blackfeathered bird that rich in insight and humor.This revised and expanded edition of Candace Savage bestselling book about ravens and crows is enhanced by additional paintings drawings and photos as well as a fascinating selection of firstperson stories and poems about remarkable encounters with crows. In one story a pack of crows brilliantly thwarts an attack by a Golden Eagle in another a mischievous crow rescues the author from grief. And in a third piece after nursing a battered baby crow back to health until it flies off with other crows Louise Erdrich hauntingly describes her altered awareness as she listens for the laugh of crows while she works.Based on two decades of audacious research by scientists around the world the book also provides an unprecedented evidencebased glimpse into corvids intellectual social and emotional lives.