The Flagstaff Jay

Can´t anyone stop this faux reviewer? And now he´s insulting my kind...

OK, I admit it. I stopped reading John Marzluff's "The Pinyon Jay" after just a few chapters. I have read other books in this series, but this one is just too detailed and technical. Indeed, most of them are - I was apparently lucky picking up "The Magpies" by Tim Birkhead and "Cuckoos, cowbirds and other cheats" by N. B. Davies.

I don't doubt that Marzluff is one of the foremost experts on corvids in the United States. I'm sure his 20-year study of a flock of Pinyon Jays in Flagstaff, Arizona (which just happens to be the location of Northern Arizona University) is extremely interesting for other ornithologists, in particular those doing research on corvids. Personally, however, I admit that I found it extremely boring.

I mean, Pinyon Jays? Geezus, John, get a life...study Magpies! *They* are the true parrots of the North.

However, if you believe the information on Pinyon Jays found in "Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol 14" is too terse, then I heartily recommend this book for further study and elucidation. Also, I will gracefully give it four stars. And hey guys, since I'm the only reviewer, you can't complain about this customer review without writing one of your own!

And now, I'm going to watch the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Cheeers...