Follow That Bird: Around the World With a Passionate Bird Watcher (Paperback)

by Bill Oddie (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Birders and travel buffs will enjoy the author's account of his various peregrinations in search of birds. Comic TV actor, writer, broadcaster Oddie is probably Britain's best-known bird-watcher. Here, he chronicles adventures in Morocco, the Scilly Isles, Shetland, Ireland, India and Papua New Guinea. In the last, he accompanied a BBC crew to photograph birds of paradise. Oddie pokes gentle fun at twitchers?those obsessed with seeing rare birds; he disdains guided tours, preferring the company of one or two friends. In the Scillies, Shetland and Ireland, he seeks American birds that have crossed the Atlantic. In India he visits a reserve where a friend was killed by a tiger, and goes tiger-watching from the back of an elephant. Ultimately birds are almost incidental in this piece of lighthearted entertainment; we remember the ambiance more than the species.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Booklist
Conservationist Oddie is known in Britain for his role in a long-running TV comedy series. In this book he takes the reader on a bird-watching tour to such diverse places as Morocco, the Isles of Scilly, India, Ireland, the Shetland Islands, and Papua New Guinea. Oddie calls the book a collection of "traveler's tales" of the pursuit of birds. He recounts the many species of birds he saw, as well as some of the people doing the watching. Oddie relates some bizarre incidents along the way in a humorous vein; consequently the book will be enjoyed more by armchair travelers looking for laughs than by serious birders. Included are 19 black-and-white photographs and some amusing line drawings. George Cohen --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Robson Books (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861050887
• ISBN-13: 978-1861050885
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,411,956 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
  
  (Publishers and authors: Improve Your Sales)
• In-Print Editions: Hardcover  |  All Editions