Birdology: Adventures with a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Living Dinosaur

by Sy Montgomery

None of our roosters stayed for long. The gentlemanly, long-tailed Lakenvelders, always pictures of vigorous health, dropped dead from their perches within days of each other before their second birthday.