Friday, April 26, 2024

Book review: How to Know the Birds

 How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding
by Ted Floyd

The book cover described this with words like witty, charming, and endearing. While I wouldn't go quite that far, I could see how a person might call it "cute."  But it wasn't what I expected, and so I don't have much else to say.

He takes one page per bird, choosing many of the more common birds a novice birdwatcher might see, and he uses it to illustrate a anecdote about birding. Or about bird behavior or various other topics. It's nice, but it's by no means a manual on "How to Know the Birds."


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