Product Description
While birding literature is filled with tales of expert observers spotting rare species in exotic locales, John Yow reminds us that the most fascinating birds can be the ones perched right outside our windows. In thirty-five engaging and sometimes irreverent vignettes, Yow reveals the fascinating lives of the birds we see nearly every day. Following the seasons, he covers forty-two species, discussing the improbable, unusual, and comical aspects of his subjects' lives. Yow offers his own observations, anecdotes, and stories as well as those of America's classic bird writers, such as John James Audubon, Arthur Bent, and Edward Forbush. This unique addition to bird literature combines the fascination of bird life with the pleasure of good reading.
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #603831 in Books
- Published on: 2012-02-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .71" w x 5.51" l, .68 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 264 pages
Review
"Who says you have to travel to faraway places to watch birds? The delightful essays in John Yow's The Armchair Birder take readers on a fascinating voyage of discovery in their own backyards."--Tim Gallagher, author of Falcon Fever and The Grail Bird
"I enjoyed the dickens out of this book! Drawing on Audubon, Thoreau, Bent, Forbush, and others in order to characterize the avian species, Yow writes with a light-hearted, cocked-head, tongue-in-cheek approach. These essays are gems."--Janet Lembke, author of Dangerous Birds: A Naturalist's Aviary
"John Yow's The Armchair Birder offers details of behavior about our most common birds that will enrich your enjoyment long after establishing who's who in the backyard and beyond. This delightful book reveals the reality that even the most familiar birds have lives rich with amazing behavior and mystery."--Stephen W. Kress, author The Audubon Guide to Attracting Birds
"The Armchair Birder will be around for a long time, because it gets to the heart of the matter quickly and stays there. It's clear, concise, funny, and wise--full of information about birds you probably see often but, if you're like me, have never really considered before. Once you start reading, you won't want to stop until you finish because the writing is so fresh and . . . well, good. Yow's method makes you feel you're in the company of a knowledgeable friend, sitting on the front porch, hearing great stories that happen to be filled with fascinating facts. Any book that speaks eloquently about the buzzard is a book for me--and you."--Clyde Edgerton
"This is a most unusual bird book, not one you flip through to find the field marks of a confusing fall sparrow or to confirm a rare sighting. This is a book you will want to sit and read through over and over, not just for the fascinating bird lore, but for the affection and humor that come through in John Yow's fine writing about our familiar birds."--Bailey White
From the Inside Flap
While birding literature is filled with tales of expert observers spotting rare species in exotic locales, John Yow reminds us that the most fascinating birds can be the ones perched right outside our windows. In thirty-five engaging and sometimes irreverent vignettes, Yow reveals the fascinating lives of the birds we see nearly every day. This unique addition to bird literature combines the fascination of bird life with the pleasure of good reading.
About the Author
John Yow is a freelance writer based in Acworth, Georgia, and former senior editor at Longstreet Press in Atlanta. He is the author of The Armchair Birder Goes Coastal.
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