The armchair birder : discovering the secret lives of familiar birds / John Yow.
Record details
- ISBN: 0807832790 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780807832790 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xii, 245 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-241) and index. |
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Subject: | Bird watching. Birds. |
Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Union Free Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Union Free Public Library | 598.097 YOW (Text) | 34913148442878 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
BookList Review
The Armchair Birder : Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds
Booklist
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In 35 essays, Yow discusses 40 species of birds, revealing the improbable, unusual, and comical aspects of their lives. Dividing his book into the four seasons, the author warns readers that this is not a field guide. He notes that the birds are widely familiar and chances are good that you can already identify most if not all of them. Â But identifying them is the beginning, not the end, of the journey. Knowing what they look like just whets your appetite for knowing what they are up to. The species include tanagers, woodpeckers, cedar waxwings, goatsuckers, hummingbirds, cardinals, crows, owls, hawks, sandbill cranes, ospreys, and blue jays. There are also stunning black-and-white drawings of each bird by John James Audubon.--Cohen, George Copyright 2008 Booklist
Library Journal Review
The Armchair Birder : Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds
Library Journal
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Organized by season and illustrated with black-and-white images from John J. Audubon's Birds of America, this volume chronicles freelance writer Yow's observations of birds at his feeders or in nearby Georgia woods. He adds facts, descriptive quotes, and amusing anecdotes from Audubon's writings, natural history accounts, and contemporary ornithological research. Stories about turkeys feeding their chicks spicebush buds to prevent illness or newly hatched bobwhite chicks running with shells still attached mix with observations of more familiar birds. Similar to Mike O'Connor's Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Headaches: And Other Answers to Bird Questions You Know You Want To Ask, this work ably illustrates facets of bird behavior and instinct, acknowledging their unique and often odd adaptations to the natural and human worlds. Written in a humorous, conversational tone, this enjoyable read is a good choice for developing birders.-Sally Bickley, Del Mar Coll. Lib., Corpus Christie, TX (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.