Interspersed in the book is information about bird experts and the science about the birds. Woolfson's life with Spike, Ziki, and other birds are documented. Chicken acts similar to a cat or dog and was 18 years old when the book was written. The rook is able to go wherever she wants to in the house and she "sleeps, bathes, roosts, and preens" in Woolfson's office. Chicken has a habit of hoarding food in boot laces, using a table to incubate infertile eggs, and following Woolfson around the house. Chicken's full name is Madame Chickeboumskaya, after an American drag queen. The rook Chicken was adopted by Woolfson as a fledgling and she began feeding the bird a diet of minced meat, eggs, and nuts. The book details the family's bird rescues, mostly consisting of crows. Corvus: A Life With Birds by Esther Woolfson is a non-fiction book about a family which adopts various corvids a rook named Chicken, a magpie named Spike, and a crow named Ziki.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |