Tales of a Low-Rent Birder
Published on 1. June 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
173 pages
978-0-292-71574-5 (ISBN)
Description
Tales of a Low-Rent Birder is a collection of nineteen essays and sketches written between 1977 and 1985. It was originally published in 1986.
Reviews / Votes
In these tales about birds, birding, and birders, Dunne has captured many of the feelings that make birding special.... Almost any ornithologist or naturalist would enjoy this book. (Auk)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Austin, TX
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
228 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-292-71574-5 (9780292715745)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Pete Dunne is director of natural history information for the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory in Cape May Point, New Jersey. A widely published writer on birding, he is also author of The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year and Hawks in Flight.
Content
Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Billy Leeds and the Eagle
Overflight
A Tale of Two Hawkwatchers
Pulling Strings
Bookcase Bluebill
First-Year Bird
The Legend of Jesse Mew
Birdathon '83-A Saab Story
A Lifer for Roger
SVAT
A Peregrine Going South for the First Time Again
Scotch Bonnet Blind
A Gift of Vision
A Confederate Hawkwatcher from AK-625
Shearwater Sunday
Death of a Season
Sitkagi Spring
Macadam Encounter
Thoughts While Waiting for an Ice Falcon
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Billy Leeds and the Eagle
Overflight
A Tale of Two Hawkwatchers
Pulling Strings
Bookcase Bluebill
First-Year Bird
The Legend of Jesse Mew
Birdathon '83-A Saab Story
A Lifer for Roger
SVAT
A Peregrine Going South for the First Time Again
Scotch Bonnet Blind
A Gift of Vision
A Confederate Hawkwatcher from AK-625
Shearwater Sunday
Death of a Season
Sitkagi Spring
Macadam Encounter
Thoughts While Waiting for an Ice Falcon