More Tales of a Low-Rent Birder

Pete Dunne

ISBN 10: 0292715722 / ISBN 13: 9780292715721

Verlag: Univ of Texas Pr, 1994

Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0292715722I3N10

Inhaltsangabe:

". . . as the birding community has grown, the gulf between what the beginner knows and what the expert knows has also grown wider and wider. That's one of the reasons why Pete Dunne's writings are so valuable. Pete is undeniably a top birder, but he writes most of his material for people who are not. . . . In Dunne's birding world, shared interest is the only coin of the realm, and even the rank novice is greeted with respect."

?from the foreword by Kenn Kaufman

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Pete Dunne is director of natural history information for the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory in Cape May Point, New Jersey.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: More Tales of a Low-Rent Birder
Verlag: Univ of Texas Pr
Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket