Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds
An ornithology researcher reveals the amazing talents and personalities of common birds in this joyful celebration for backyard bird watchers and nature lovers.
 
Some birdwatchers will hop the red-eye to Costa Rica if a rare species is reported to be in residence. Here, author Lyanda Lynn Haupt makes the argument for sticking close to home. She muses on the tarnished reputation of the starling, the sexed-up antics of male woodpeckers, and the mysterious behavior and startling population explosion of crows in her hometown.
 
Through the eye and voice of this talented writer, birds provide a fascinating point of contact with the natural world at large.
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Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds
An ornithology researcher reveals the amazing talents and personalities of common birds in this joyful celebration for backyard bird watchers and nature lovers.
 
Some birdwatchers will hop the red-eye to Costa Rica if a rare species is reported to be in residence. Here, author Lyanda Lynn Haupt makes the argument for sticking close to home. She muses on the tarnished reputation of the starling, the sexed-up antics of male woodpeckers, and the mysterious behavior and startling population explosion of crows in her hometown.
 
Through the eye and voice of this talented writer, birds provide a fascinating point of contact with the natural world at large.
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Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds

Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds

by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds

Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds

by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

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An ornithology researcher reveals the amazing talents and personalities of common birds in this joyful celebration for backyard bird watchers and nature lovers.
 
Some birdwatchers will hop the red-eye to Costa Rica if a rare species is reported to be in residence. Here, author Lyanda Lynn Haupt makes the argument for sticking close to home. She muses on the tarnished reputation of the starling, the sexed-up antics of male woodpeckers, and the mysterious behavior and startling population explosion of crows in her hometown.
 
Through the eye and voice of this talented writer, birds provide a fascinating point of contact with the natural world at large.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781570618079
Publisher: Blue Star Press
Publication date: 03/01/2011
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 69,821
File size: 920 KB

About the Author

Lyanda Lynn Haupt lives in Seattle.

Table of Contents

Introduction9
1First Bird13
2An Invasion of Owls23
3The Presence of Birds: A Very New Life List33
4The Thrush and the Faerie47
5Cormorant Problem59
6The Birdwatcher's Book of Secrets79
7When Good Woodpeckers Go Bad85
8The Pacific-Slope Flycatcher: A New Species, Sort of93
9The Hidden Blue Grouse103
10The Secret Lives of Vaux's Swift111
11Winter Wren: Thoughts on Voice and Place125
12Sparrows as Mothers135
13One-Eyed Dunlin143
14Young Love: A Back-to-School Story149
15Postcards from the Mayan Ruins157
16Crow Stories167
17Bird Vision181
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