Ornithography: an illustrated guide to bird lore & symbolism

2025/09/04 by John C. Rumm · 1 voice
Psychology · #Animal and Plant Science Education

paper · doi:10.1080/15594491.2025.2549189

openalex publication_date 2025/09/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15

Abstract

Across countless millennia, humans have found meanings in the feathered creatures with whom they occupy the world. In every culture, birds have been regarded, revered, or feared for the symbols, st...

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• From the current WJO issue: A review of the books Ornithography by Jessica Roux & The Complete Language of Birds by Randi Minetor. "The two books reviewed here aim to make birds’ symbolic meanings mor [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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