FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Re: My Little Chickadee (an editorial) NY TIMES

["Beau Peyton" <bpeyton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought you might enjoy this editorial from today's NY TIMES.  It makes 
sense to me, as I am almost positively certain that I know which of my bossy 
mockingbirds is which from the "personalities" they show during my involvement 
in 
feeding them.  The same is becoming true with some of my cardinals in the way 
that they show food preferences and behave within the group. Hmmm.  Wonder if 
I am imagining things brought on by the fact that I majored in psychology 
before changing to education while doing my undergraduate studies at Rollins 
College?  Nah, I really DO see the differences in the behaviors of these birds!

Cheers & prayers,

Dee Thompson

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On a similar note, a very important work has recently been published by 
University of Tennessee professor Gordon Burghardt, The Genesis of Animal Play. 
Gordon is an expert in the field of animal cognition and a past president of 
the Animal Behavior Society.

This book is available at MIT Press.

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?sid=80A3BFB4-C7CF-4FA3-8476-37C6C597E8CD&ttype=2&tid=9981

I would also recommend another book he contributed to, The Cognitive Animal.

Beau Peyton
Germantown, TN
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