TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marzluff,John M.
AU  - Marzluff,Colleen
AU  - Zerbetz,Evon
AU  - Heinrich,Bernd
TI  - Dog days, raven nights
SN  - 9780300171754
AV  - QL696.P2367 M356 2011eb
U1  - 598.8/64 22
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - New Haven, London
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Marzluff, John M.
KW  - Marzluff, Colleen.
KW  - Marzluff, Colleen
KW  - Corvus corax
KW  - Behavior
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Research
KW  - Maine
KW  - Social behavior in animals
KW  - Dogs
KW  - Grand corbeau
KW  - Mœurs et comportement
KW  - Psychologie
KW  - Recherche
KW  - Comportement social chez les animaux
KW  - Chiens
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Zoology
KW  - Ornithology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Birdwatching Guides
KW  - Animals
KW  - Birds
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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