Enchantment by Birds: a history of birdwatching in 22 species [non-booktrade customers only]
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Author: Russell McGregor
Enchantment by birds is commonplace. Birdwatchers merely goa step further than others and actively seek to be enchanted. Thisbook tells why they take that extra step. It takes the reader on aseries of excursions into birdwatching’s past, venturing forwardto the present. With an intriguing cast of characters, avian aswell as human, its lively narratives explore the emotional andaesthetic impulses behind the pastime as well as its scientificand conservationist components.Its stories of 22 Australian birds range widely: from wordysquabbles over bird names to the artistic finessing of fieldguides; from the Paradise Parrot’s tragic fall into extinction tothe everyday enjoyment of a Magpie’s carol; from the evolutionof citizen science to the boom in birding tourism. Interlacingthem all is the insight that birdwatching is a means by whichmodern, urban people reach out to touch the wild. A primaldesire to connect with nature lies at the heart of the pastime.Enchantment by Birds not only offers a compelling expositionof what makes birders tick; it also tells us, imaginatively andinformatively, why birds have a special place in our hearts.
ISBN 9781761381447. Scribe Publications. pb. 320 pages. 23.4 x 15.3 cm.
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Enchantment by birds is commonplace. Birdwatchers merely goa step further than others and actively seek to be enchanted. Thisbook tells why they take that extra step. It takes the reader on aseries of excursions into birdwatching’s past, venturing forwardto the present. With an intriguing cast of characters, avian aswell as human, its lively narratives explore the emotional andaesthetic impulses behind the pastime as well as its scientificand conservationist components.Its stories of 22 Australian birds range widely: from wordysquabbles over bird names to the artistic finessing of fieldguides; from the Paradise Parrot’s tragic fall into extinction tothe everyday enjoyment of a Magpie’s carol; from the evolutionof citizen science to the boom in birding tourism. Interlacingthem all is the insight that birdwatching is a means by whichmodern, urban people reach out to touch the wild. A primaldesire to connect with nature lies at the heart of the pastime.Enchantment by Birds not only offers a compelling expositionof what makes birders tick; it also tells us, imaginatively andinformatively, why birds have a special place in our hearts.
ISBN 9781761381447. Scribe Publications. pb. 320 pages. 23.4 x 15.3 cm.
available