5 days remaining on “Gifts of the Crow” book giveaway

Five days remaining on my book giveaway!Click on the link below and you will be requested to enter through either Facebook or by providing your email address


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“Gifts of the Crow” Book Giveaway

I’ve been authorized to give away 2 copies of the paperback edition of “Gifts of the Crow” and am conducting a giveaway contest.

You may have seen the book review that I posted a few months ago, and I am now authorized to give away 2 copies of the paperback edition.

Since this is my first giveaway, please let me know if you run into any problems with the instructions or the raffle application.

Terms and Conditions:
1- From WordPress, click on the link below – you will be requested to enter the raffle either through Facebook or by providing your email address
or
From Facebook, go to my “Twin Buttes Spinone” page, and click on the “Giveaway” button.
2- The contest will run from 1/26/2013 12:00 a.m. to 2/6/2013 12:00 a.m.
3- Post a comment about your favorite blog post from either “Murphy’s Bird Dog Blog” or the “Archives 2006-2010” pages.
4- Two winners will be selected to win a copy of the book, “Gifts of the Crow”.
5- I will notify Simon and Schuster, and provide the winners with the email address to Simon and Schuster where they can request their copy of the book.+

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Gifts of the Crow book review

As a lifelong hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman, dad passed much of what he knew on to me, including using crows, ravens and magpies as guides; many times they led us to the game animals that they were pestering. So it was nice to find a book that confirmed many of our beliefs and observations about this family of birds named corvid.

I found Gifts of the Crow to be not only a highly educational book that satisfied me in a number of areas – biology, neurology, sociology, psychology, even history – but it was thoroughly entertaining as well. The writers keep the material fresh by sprinkling little witticisms throughout, and the numerous anecdotes and stories read like a novel. I appreciate the manner in which the authors use analogies to help the reader understand complex subjects without being condescending. As a reader, the book treated me with respect.

The numerous pen-and-ink illustrations give a sense of antiquity which I enjoyed; as though I were reading John Audubon or Charles Darwin. And in speaking of Darwin, those who subscribe to the theory of evolution will find their beliefs reinforced. Those who oppose this theory will find the book challenging at times, but not to the point that it becomes a distraction. The appendix is well illustrated and strictly avian biology that the science-minded reader will appreciate; I often referred to it during the course of reading the book.

Gifts of the Crow performs a nice balancing act between science and naturalism. It affirms much of what I’ve experienced and believe about this family of birds, and in the end gave me a much greater understanding and respect for this highly intelligent family of birds.