BirdNote: Chirps, Quirks, and Stories of 100 Birds from the Popular Public Radio Show
by BirdNote; edited by Ellen Blackstone
From Sasquatch Books:
Here are the best stories about our avian friends from the public radio show BirdNote, each brief essay illuminating the life, habits, or songs of a particular bird. Why do geese fly in a V-formation? Why are worms so good for you–if you’re a robin? Which bird calls, “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” From wrens that nest in cactuses to gulls that have a strange red dot on their bills–these digestible and fascinating bird stories are a delightful window to the winged world. A foreword by John W. Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and an introduction by Gordon Orians, professor emeritus of biology at the University of Washington, are also included.
BirdNote is a program available on public radio or as a podcast. Each episode is short – two minutes long – and delightfully educational. One hundred of these episodes have been collected into this small, nicely bound volume. You lose the bird sounds that accompany the audio programs, but you gain a large, attractive illustration of a bird with every story here. They may be short, but each entry is packed with interesting stuff. Well-read birders likely know most of it, but for everyone else this would make a great introduction to the world of birds.
BirdNote: Chirps, Quirks, and Stories of 100 Birds from the Popular Public Radio Show
by BirdNote; edited by Ellen Blackstone
Hardcover; 224 pages
Sasquatch Books; March 20, 2018
ISBN: 9781632171696
$22.95
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Posted by Grant McCreary on May 20th, 2018.
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