Birds do it.
But if you’ve taken a basic biology course, you likely already knew that.
Dr. Wenfei Tong, however, knows much more about how they do it than just the basics, and in her new book Bird Love; the Family Life of Birds, she explores and explains the extraordinary range of courtship, mating, and brood rearing practices found among the planet’s diverse birdlife.
Covering the essentials of these behavioral categories, as well as delving into some of the more unusual – and frankly, surprising – practices, such as brood parasitism and reciprocal promiscuity, Dr. Tong’s book is clearly a work worthy of attention by ornithologists, birdwatchers, and general naturalists alike.
And for those who would like to hear Dr. Tong discussing her new book, she recently gave a very interesting and informative interview about it as well as her own personal interests in birdwatching and natural history to Dr. Lukas Rieppel for the New Books Network: Science podcast.
Dr. Tong also recently sat down – virtually, of course – with Mardi Dickinson to discuss Bird Love for the Bird Calls Radio podcast.
