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The Birds of Pandemonium: Life Among the Exotic and the Endangered
The Birds of Pandemonium Life Among the Exotic and the Endangered Author:Michele Raffin Each morning at first light, Michele Raffin awakens to the bewitching music that heralds another day at Pandemonium Aviaries--a symphony that swells from the most vocal of over 350 avian throats representing over 40 species. It knocks me out, every day, she admits. Pandemonium Aviaries is a conservation organization dedicated to savi... more »ng and breeding birds at the edge of extinction, including some of the largest populations of rare species in the world. And their behavior is even more fascinating than their glorious plumage or their songs. They fall in love, they mourn, they rejoice, they sacrifice, they have a sense of humor, they feel jealous, they invent, plot, cope, and sometimes they murder each other. As Raffin says, They teach us volumes about the interrelationships of humans and animals. Their stories make up the heart of this book.
“The Birds of Pandemonium does for rare birds what Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief did for rare orchids, Joy Adamson’s Born Free did for lions, and Jane Goodall did for chimpanzees and apes . . . With vibrant photographs of its spectacularly plumed lead characters, The Birds of Pandemonium is a rich suet, seeded with both hearty information and delectable flights of fancy.” -Heller McAlpin, NPR.org.