Starting from the saying that a little bird told me, Ingersoll gathers what people around the world have believed about birds. He covers birds as national emblems, the folklore of migration, Noah’s raven and dove, birds in Christian festival, crows and ravens as witches’ familiars, fabulous fowls like the phoenix, weather lore and the bird that brings lightning.
A lively naturalist’s anthology of belief, ideal for birdwatchers and lovers of folklore. Download the free EPUB.