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    The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds

    The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds

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    by John Yow

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    John Yow is a freelance writer based in Acworth, Georgia, and former senior editor at Longstreet Press in Atlanta. He is the author of The Armchair Birder Goes Coastal.

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    Contents

    Introduction A Note on the Sources Spring
    Carolina Wren
    Eastern Phoebe
    Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
    Eastern Bluebird
    Belted Kingfisher
    Scarlet Tanager and Summer Tanager
    Brown-Headed Cowbird
    Redheads
    Red-Bellied Woodpecker
    Red-Headed Woodpecker
    Mourning Dove Summer
    Cedar Waxwing
    American Goldfinch
    Wood Thrush
    Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
    Chimney Swift
    Northern Mockingbird
    Goatsuckers
    Whip-Poor-Will
    Chuck-Will's-Widow
    Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
    Northern Cardinal Autumn
    Wild Turkey
    Canada Goose
    American Crow
    Great Blue Heron
    Turkey Vulture
    White-Breasted Nuthatch
    Bald Eagle
    Loud Owls
    Great Horned Owl
    Barred Owl
    "Confusing Fall Warblers"
    Winter
    Sandhill Crane
    Blue Jay
    Bobwhite
    Pileated Woodpecker
    American Robin
    The Titmouse Family
    Carolina Chickadee
    Tufted Titmouse
    Osprey
    Chicken Hawks?
    Red-Tailed Hawk
    Cooper's Hawk Afterword Sources Index

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    The Armchair Birder will be around for a long time, because it gets to the heart of the matter quickly and stays there. It's clear, concise, funny, and wise—full of information about birds you probably see often but, if you're like me, have never really considered before. Once you start reading, you won't want to stop until you finish because the writing is so fresh and . . . well, good. Yow's method makes you feel you're in the company of a knowledgeable friend, sitting on the front porch, hearing great stories that happen to be filled with fascinating facts. Any book that speaks eloquently about the buzzard is a book for me—and you.—Clyde Edgerton

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    While birding literature is filled with tales of expert observers spotting rare species in exotic locales, John Yow reminds us that the most fascinating birds can be the ones perched right outside our windows. In thirty-five engaging and sometimes irreverent vignettes, Yow reveals the fascinating lives of the birds we see nearly every day. Following the seasons, he covers forty-two species, discussing the improbable, unusual, and comical aspects of his subjects' lives. Yow offers his own observations, anecdotes, and stories as well as those of America's classic bird writers, such as John James Audubon, Arthur Bent, and Edward Forbush. This unique addition to bird literature combines the fascination of bird life with the pleasure of good reading.

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    Library Journal
    Organized by season and illustrated with black-and-white images from John J. Audubon's Birds of America, this volume chronicles freelance writer Yow's observations of birds at his feeders or in nearby Georgia woods. He adds facts, descriptive quotes, and amusing anecdotes from Audubon's writings, natural history accounts, and contemporary ornithological research. Stories about turkeys feeding their chicks spicebush buds to prevent illness or newly hatched bobwhite chicks running with shells still attached mix with observations of more familiar birds. Similar to Mike O'Connor's Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Headaches: And Other Answers to Bird Questions You Know You Want To Ask, this work ably illustrates facets of bird behavior and instinct, acknowledging their unique and often odd adaptations to the natural and human worlds. Written in a humorous, conversational tone, this enjoyable read is a good choice for developing birders.
    —Sally Bickley
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    An excellent literary introduction to forty-two of the most common North American birds. . . . Colorful and engaging.—Englewood Review of Books
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