Ever Wonder 'What It's Like To Be A Bird'? David Allen Sibley Has Some Answers
David Allen Sibley's name is synonymous with his bird field guides. In researching this volume, he became convinced of something new: Birds make complex decisions and experience emotions.
"A bird's experience is far richer, complex, and 'thoughtful' than I'd imagined."
This sentence on the first page of David Allen Sibley's What It's Like to Be a Bird is a stunner. A renowned author-illustrator of bird field guides, Sibley is a top bird expert. When he did research for this new volume, though, he became convinced of something he had not previously anticipated: Birds routinely make complex decisions and experience emotions.
"And if that was news to me after a lifetime of watching birds," Sibley writes, "it must be surprising to other people asis a feast for the mind and, thanks to Sibley's gorgeous illustrations, the eye.
