I love birds and really enjoy learning about them, especially about bird behavior, so it was with great excitement that I agreed to review this book. And overall, it is enjoyable and educational, full of interesting facts and anecdotes, not only about birds but about numerous other animals, including humans.

I was disappointed, though, to see a scientist, who so lovingly describes bird behavior with a great eye for detail and nuance, fall back on unflattering generalizations about female humans, such as his statement that "males with more possessions and creativity are generally more likely to attract women" and some evolutionary biological discussion of men and women having been "segregated in their work," leading to a lack of fight-or-flight impulse in the latter. These statements were unnecessary, insulting, and distracting. Without them—and a fair number of unnecessary "he"s when referring to scientists—this would have been a really fantastic book.