Rare encounters with ordinary birds : notes from a Northwest year

by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Hardcover, 2001

Status

Available

Publication

Seattle : Sasquatch Books, c2001.

Description

Naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt, an ornithology teacher and researcher, examines the amazing talents and personalities of the most common of birds. She muses on the tarnished reputation of the starling, the sexed-up antics of male woodpeckers, and the mysterious behavior and startling population explosion of crows in her hometown. Through the eye and voice of this talented writer, birds provide a fascinating point of contact with the natural world at large.

Media reviews

Att resultatet blir så bra beror både på en genuin författarbegåvning och på djupa kunskaper hos författarinnan.
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Ung kvinna skådar fågel med sin dotter hemikring; funderar och lyssnar och ser allting ur ett nytt perspektiv. Charmfullt och bildande, om vartannat, och inte så lite romantiskt och rart. Riskabelt förstås, rent litterärt, men det fungerar, mot alla odds.

User reviews

LibraryThing member sumofan
about birds, birders and environmental warnings; hoped it would be about birds but too much on the warnings; the bird bits are good.

Awards

Washington State Book Award (Winner — 2002)

Language

Local notes

Inscribed by the author

Barcode

10854
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