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Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays snapping turtles From the author of theInternationally celebrated nature writer Candace Savage presents the Corvid family surprisingly bright, brassy, and colorful birds in a remarkable collection of full color, close up photographs by some of the world's best wildlife photographers. Birds have long been viewed as the archetypal featherbrains beautiful but dumb. But according to naturalist Candace Savage, "bird brain," as a pejorative expression, should be rendered obsolete by new research