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"We all have different (very different) ideas of fun.
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Tonight the sky is lightly veiled in clouds, and the quarter moon has a halo around it. It does not shed much light as I snowshoe up with my gear. I have to make three more trips, each time carrying about 75lb of frozen meat in a burlap bag slung over my shoulder. All of this is unpaid volunteer work of course. It is fun. What I do will never have any major significance in the scheme of things. So it had better be fun."Quite.
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The author starts with reports that he has heard, that ravens share their food. And he wonders, "why?" Why, indeed. He formulates dozens of hypotheses that could explain this sharing. And yet, he is not even sure whether or not they truly do share their food.
So the author begins a long, painstaking process of experiments and observations of ravens in the wild. In the wintertime, when it is often below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Even in blizzards! His experiments are carefully conducted, and he slowly ...more
So the author begins a long, painstaking process of experiments and observations of ravens in the wild. In the wintertime, when it is often below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Even in blizzards! His experiments are carefully conducted, and he slowly ...more
The book is a little gem for delineating the drudgery, the determination, and the rigor involved in doing this kind of field research. The author had to overcome so much confusion and frustration, and it was his ability to consider other methodologies and competing hypotheses, that--in the end--saved him and the project. I came away with enormous respect for this man and for what he accomplished. His love for his subjects and for the beautiful country he so lovingly described was inspiring.
This book was a GREAT look into the scientific method being used to solve a specific question. The author does a great job of giving a very detailed look into how he designs and tests different hypothesi, and how research is done. It did get a little too detailed in some spots, and tended to drag a bit. It became highly repetitious in other spots (I guess there's only so much that one guy can say about ravens...in winter...) It did increase my intrest in and respect for this bird though.
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