Small-headed Flycatcher. Seen Yesterday. He Didn't Leave His Name.
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-0-292-71600-1 (ISBN)
Pete Dunne has been watching birds since he was seven years old. But not just watching-deeply absorbing every nuance of color, markings, shape, flight, and song; all the subtle clues that can identify a bird barely glimpsed among the highest branches in fading twilight. With the same skill, he has been observing and writing about birding and birders for over twenty years, using humor, sentiment, occasional sarcasm, and unashamed passion for his chosen profession to explore why birdwatching is so irresistibly compelling to so many people.
This book brings together thirty-two vintage essays that Dunne originally wrote for publications such as American Birds, Bird Watcher's Digest, Birder's World, Birding, Living Bird, the New Jersey edition of the Sunday New York Times, WildBird, and Wild Bird News. Encounters with birds rare and common is their shared theme, through which Dunne weaves stories of his family and friends, reflections on the cycles of nature, and portraits of unforgettable birders whose paths have crossed his, ranging from Roger Tory Peterson to a life-battered friend who finds solace in birding. A cliff-hanger story of the bird that got away gives this book its title.
A lifelong resident of New Jersey, Pete Dunne is Director of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory in Cape May Point, New Jersey, and consultant to the Peterson birding field guide series.
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part 1: Stories About Family
Gift of Seed
Brother Mike's Retreat from Birding
The Wisdom of Sisters
Kaleidoscope Eyes
The Birdin' of Kindness
Judgment Day
Part 2: Stories About Friends
The Soldier
R.
Harold
Colville Diary
The Last Big Day
Part 3: Stories About Birds...
In Praise of Jays
Small-Headed Flycatcher. Seen Yesterday. He Didn't Leave His Name.
Deep Pockets
Embers of Spring
Part 4: ...And Birding
Getting a Leg Up on Bird-Sighting Sheets
Confessions of a Listing Heretic
Formula for a White-Winged Tern
The Price of Respectability
Eternal Errors
Passing Sights and Sounds
Made in Heaven
For Melinda with Love and Squalor
The Old Man and the Plover
Separating Hoagies
Nosing Out an Identification. Taking It with Salt.
Part 5: Reflections
The Fox and the Harrier
Vespers for a Fallout
After the Cold Front
Bonded to the West Wind
My Perfect Universe
Spring of Wonder, Autumn of Mastery
River Dipping
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.1998 |
|---|---|
| Illustrationen | Louise Zemaitis |
| Verlagsort | Austin, TX |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-292-71600-1 / 0292716001 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-292-71600-1 / 9780292716001 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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