Understanding Bird Behavior

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By Wenfei Tong ’05

Published Feb. 22, 2021

Birds are intelligent, sociable creatures that exhibit a wide array of behaviors — from mobbing and mimicking to mating and joint nesting. Why do they behave as they do? Understanding Bird Behavior presents vignettes about the lives of birds, all explained in an evolutionary context.

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