Wisdom of birds is one those videos that I found when I was going TEDtalks (part of my learning each day). In this video, Tim believe we can learn from the birds. I am most amazed by what I learnt. From the 7 minutes onwards, Tim share how the bird learns different types of songs. That was new to me.
In this video, “Wisdom of Birds” author Tim Birkhead tours some intriguing birdwatcher lore (dug up in old field journals) — and talks about the role it plays in ornithology today. He is a witty teacher who can tell a good story to illustrate a point, in clear, prose without jargon. To emphasize the historic aspect in this video, his humorous illustrations of birds are all from past centuries, showing how much attention different bird guides had given toward getting details right
This is a 28 minutes video. Hope you enjoyed this as well.
About the Tim Birkhead:
Tim Birkhead is a professor at the University of Sheffield, where he teaches animal behavior and the history of science. He written a book called “Wisdom of Birds”. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of London and his research has taken him all over the world in the quest to understand the lives of birds. He has written for the Independent, New Scientist, and BBC Wildlife. He is the author of Promiscuity, Great Auk Islands, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Birds, which won the McColvin medal, and The Red Canary, which won the Consul Cremer Prize.
If you are interested, do pick up a copy of his book titled “The Wisdom of Birds:An Illustrated History of Ornithology“