How to Be a (Bad) Birdwatcher And if you share your looking and listening with other people, so much the better. Who doesn’t know the brisk purpose of a sparrow, the airy insouciance of the seagull, the dramatic power of the hawk? Birds are beautiful, you can enc
| TITLE | : | How to Be a (Bad) Birdwatcher |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.61 (586 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0375423559 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 240 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2005-05-10 |
| GENRE | : |
Look out the window.
See a bird.
Enjoy it.
CONGRATULATIONS!
You are now a bad birdwatcher.
Inthis refreshingly irreverent introduction to the subject, Simon Barnes makes birdwatching simple—and above all, enjoyable.
Anyone who has ever looked up at the sky or gazed out the window knows a thing or two about birds. Who doesn’t know the brisk purpose of a sparrow, the airy insouciance of the seagull, the dramatic power of the hawk? Birds are beautiful, you can encounter them anywhere, and they embody one of the primal human aspirations: flight.
Birdwatching starts, simply, with a habit of looking. You let birds into your life a little at a time. You remember bird names as you would the names of people you’ve enjoyed meeting. And if you share your looking and listening with other people, so much the better. Birdwatching might e
EDITORIAL :
From Booklist
Anyone can be a bad birdwatcher. As Barnes, chief sportswriter for the Times (London) and columnist for birds magazine, explains, the only requirement is developing the habit of looking. All it takes is the willingness to look. Barnes has written a witty and loving exploration of why people like to watch birds. Even the most jaded city dweller knows more birds than he thinks he does, and can achieve pleasure by looking at them. The more you learn, the more you will say, "Wow!" This is the heart of Barnes' book--the learning and the wow. In the midst of our looking, we are seeing birds as part of the natural world, observing biodiversity, ecology, behavioral biology, and evolution in action, without even knowing it. The love for these ubiquitous creatures that can fly shines throughout this work, making it a book that will be popular among fans of both bir
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