More Tales of a Low-Rent Birder

by Pete Dunne

Hardcover, 1994

Call number

598.072347

Tags

collection, nonfiction, essays, birding, birds, hb

Genres

Publication

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1994.

Pages

xiv; 120

Description

More Tales of a Low-Rent Birder brings together twenty-five recent essays that originally appeared in major birding publications. In these pieces, Pete Dunne ranges from wildly humorous to sadly elegiac, as he describes everything from the "field plumage" of the dedicated birder to the lingering death of an accidentally injured golden plover. Running like a thread through all the essays is Dunne's love and respect for the birds he watches, his concern over human threats to their survival, and his tolerance, even affection, for the human "odd birds" that birding attracts. Truly, these essays offer something for everyone interested in birds and the natural habitats our species share.

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

xiv, 120 p.; 8.5 inches

ISBN

0292715722 / 9780292715721

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LibraryThing member billsearth
These stories are outstanding. Dunne knows what birders care about and he knows the various aspects of birds and birding that birders appreciate, and those that most ignore.
In this group of stories, He deals with many topics from the light0hearted through the serious ones. The stories are very well
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 written.. Humerous stories are hilarious and serious stories are quite poingnant. Any facts mentioned in the serious stories are accurrate.

Dunne brings out the personality of both the birds in the stories, but also the people. We even get a pretty good glimpse of Dunne's personality through several of the stories. Very good reading for bird behavior, birder behavior, and for entertainment.
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