Birdmania : a remarkable passion for birds /
by Brunner, Bernd,
Physical details: 292 pages : illustrations ; ISBN: 9781771642774.Item type | Location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Electronic Books | E-Resource Section | E-Books | 598.092 (Browse shelf) | Available |
"Originally published by Verlag Galiani Berlin, Germany, as Ornithomania : Geschichte einer besonderen Leidenschaft by Bernd Brunner copyright © 2015 by Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne"--Title page verso
Foreword / by Pete Dunne -- What's that sound? -- Early enthusiasts -- Bedazzlement -- Strutting someone else's stuff -- Laying the groundwork for science -- A bird in the hand -- Lost in the mists of time -- Championing birds -- In the company of birds -- A walk on the wild side -- Is bird love a one-way street? -- To kill or not to kill? -- Flight trackers -- The lure of the egg -- Focus on feathers -- Mad for bird watching -- Tracking dodos and their ilk -- Recording nature -- Deadly obsessions -- Fantasies of flight -- Epilogue
In this collection it is the watchers, not the birds, who are on display--ornithologists and bird lovers of every description, revealed in sketches and anecdotes that are quirky, intriguing, and always affectionate
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