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A Field Guide to North American Birders: A Parody
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Product Description
Why watch a bunch of silly birds when you can watch a bunch of silly birdwatchers? That's the basis of this hilarious parody by Margaret Harmon. Packaged like an actual field guide, it's a bird's eye view of the people who watch the birds, featuring:
• Full-color illustrations of each birder
• The distinguishing characteristics, voice, range, and habitat of 39 "species" of birders, including: the Great Gracious Heron, Steadfast Quail, Ruby-Lipped Hummingbird, Opinionated Jay, Saturday Morning Kinglet, Scope-Weaseling Warbler
• A diagram of the birder body-in all it's full-feathered glory
• Tips on birder-watching-and how to attract them to your own back yard
• Specialized information on how to prevent birder-watching injuries
• The American Birder-Watching Society Code of Ethics
• And more
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2144803 in Books
- Published on: 2001-04-01
- Released on: 2001-04-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 128 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Margaret Harmon is the author of The Man Who Learned to Walk in Shoes That Pinch, a collection of fables praised as "hedonistic and luxurious" by the Los Angeles Times. She has birded on three continents and nine islands, interviewing and observing birders from the internationally famous to local beginners. Her drawings frequently appear in birding periodicals.
Customer Reviews
Add This To Your Life List!
Margaret Harmon's new book is fun and informative, and helped this birder finally identify himself (and add himself to his own Life List!). Birders of all experience levels will find themselves and their fellow birders here, and will take delight in each new sighting and positive identification they make. Written and illustrated like a "real" bird guide, this book gives our feathered friends everything they need to identify we humans by our field marks, calls, habitat, and other characteristics. I'll never again wonder why the birds I watch are watching me back - they must be using this book to identify me! Delightful!
