| Description |
xxiv, 355 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-343) and index. |
| Contents |
Spring songbirds : peeking into the nest. The bluebird effect ; Tree swallow : the early bird wins my heart ; Speaking of starlings ; Chickadee : tough tit ; Barn swallow : old friends and eggshells ; Carolina wren : kitchen sink ornithology -- Summer work : drawing, raising, and saving birds. Hummingbird summer ; Osprey : hooked by round talons ; Nobody can cuss like a titmouse ; Chimney swift : high-maintenance aerialist ; Rose-breasted grosbeak : close encounters of the bird kind ; Scarlet tanager : a voice in the canopy ; The summer of phoebes ; Piping plover and least tern : you do what you must -- Autumnal reflections : pondering the imponderable. The strange case of the companionable grouse ; White-throated sparrow : the song in my heart ; Savannah sparrow : forever wild ; Orchard oriole : I know why the caged bird flutters ; Touched by a redtail ; Ivory-billed woodpecker : not saying goodbye -- Winter musings : birds we feed, birds that feed us. Love and death among the cranes ; Mourning dove : the meatiest songbird ; Northern cardinal : stoking the red fire ; Turkey vulture : the unlikely totem ; Chestnut-fronted macaw : first comes love-- . |
| Summary |
"Birders will appreciate her meticulous observations and devotion to the avian world, but anyone who's ever considered hanging a birdfeeder is likely to be mesmerized by the sensuous, precise prose as well as Zickefoose's vivid portraits of scrawny, fluffy phoebe chicks, a self-possessed hummingbird perched on a clothesline, dwarfed by the surrounding clothespins, and orioles migrating by moonlight. Readers will be astounded by the drama and intelligence fluttering in their backyards." |
| Subject |
Birds -- Behavior -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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Bird watching -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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Birds -- Wounds and injuries -- Treatment -- Anecdotes.
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Wildlife rehabilitation -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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Human-animal relationships -- Anecdotes.
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Zickefoose, Julie -- Anecdotes.
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Naturalists -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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Wildlife rehabilitators -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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Birds -- United States -- Pictorial works.
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| ISBN |
9780547003092: $28.00 |
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0547003099 |
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