From the serious (why vultures are dying out in Asia) and the informative (why waxwings have waxy wings) to the bizarre (the parrot that can read minds), The Birdwatcher’s Companion is a veritable aviary of notes, quotes, and facts, as well as some of the finest writing about birds over the centuries.
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From the serious (why vultures are dying out in Asia) and the informative (why waxwings have waxy wings) to the bizarre (the parrot that can read minds), The Birdwatcher's Companion is a veritable aviary of notes, quotes, and facts, as well as some of the finest writing about birds over the centuries.
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The book is written and compiled by Malcolm Tait, one of the Companion series editors, who also edited The Wildlife Companion and The Walker's Companion. A committed amateur naturalist, he writes a monthly bird column for The Ecologist, and edits Butterfly and Conserver magazines. Malcolm lives in Maidenhead, Berkshire.
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In 2003, a quiz in a wildlife magazine included the question: which of the following is a bird -flamecrest, firecrest, smokecrest, ashcrest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Wetlands Trust, Lonesome Duck, Cap'n Bill, Gilbert White, London Wetland Centre, James Bond, Natural History of Selborne, New Naturalist, Sir Peter Scott, Magic Isle, Middle Ages, Native American, North America, Observer's Book of Birds, Simon Barnes, South America, Air Force, Bad Birdwatcher, Feng Huang, Handbook of British Birds, John Fowles, John Lister-Kaye, Mark Cocker, Max Nicholson, New Zealand New!
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In 2003, a quiz in a wildlife magazine included the question: which of the following is a bird -flamecrest, firecrest, smokecrest, ashcrest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Wetlands Trust, Lonesome Duck, Cap'n Bill, Gilbert White, London Wetland Centre, James Bond, Natural History of Selborne, New Naturalist, Sir Peter Scott, Magic Isle, Middle Ages, Native American, North America, Observer's Book of Birds, Simon Barnes, South America, Air Force, Bad Birdwatcher, Feng Huang, Handbook of British Birds, John Fowles, John Lister-Kaye, Mark Cocker, Max Nicholson, New Zealand New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Natural History of Selbourne (Wordsworth Classic) by Gilbert White on 5 pages
- How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher by Simon Barnes on page 61, page 92, and page 146
- The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes by Peter Matthiessen on page 11, and page 146
- Birders: Tales of a Tribe by Mark Cocker on page 48, and page 146
- A Country Calendar (Transaction Large Print Books) by Flora Thompson on page 67, and page 146
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