The Curious Bird Lover's Handbook
Praised by Garden News as 'a revelation for anyone with the slightest interest in the feathered friends visiting their gardens', this charming handbook makes a convincing case that you don't need binoculars and a waterproof notebook to genuinely love birds. Millions of us do already. We just don't know very much about them. Edworthy sets out to change that. How do migrating birds navigate across continents? Are they truly descended from dinosaurs? How, exactly, do they reproduce? These are the kinds of questions the book tackles with both curiosity and good humour. It turns out that birds, all 10,000-plus species of them (more than 500 found in Britain alone), have rich, strange lives that most of us have barely scratched the surface of. Some are critically endangered, some are wonderfully odd-looking, and the ones pecking about your garden are, on closer inspection, rather extraordinary too. Accompanied by attractive illustrations throughout, the book works equally well for seasoned twitchers and casual admirers who simply want to understand what they're looking at. Originally published in hardback in 2009 under the title 'Bald Coot and Screaming Loon', this updated paperback edition includes a new foreword from the author. It's warm, witty, and packed with the sort of facts you'll find yourself repeating at dinner.
- Author: Niall Edworthy
- Publisher: Black Swan
- Genre: Pet Care & Training
- ISBN: 978-1784162719
- Pages: 224 pages