Hey, I dont know if you like scifi but one of my fave series has some bird-stock aliens and I think you might find it interesting! (Also bat-stock, bear-stock, and ape-stock!) Lots of interesting stuff about semantics, neurology and language, diplomacy, and racism. Main character is a literal Virginia hill boy who gets taken in by the bat aliens as a refugee. The author punctures every 'space cadet/alien abduction' trope!
Rebecca Ore, 3 books - "Beoming Alien", "Being Alien", "Human to Human". (Sometimes called "The Tom Red-Clay trilogy".)
It's one of those series that I love that nobody seems to have heard of - I think it's awesome but ymmv!
Cheers!
Thank you for the recommendation! Sounds interesting!












