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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsBirders: Tales of a Tribeby Mark Cocker
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:For thirty years, journalist Mark Cocker has been a member of a community of fanatics who sacrifice most of their spare time, a good deal of money, sometimes their chances of a partner or family, even their lives, to watch birds. Now he offers what The Baltimore Sun calls the most graceful, respectful and technically rich book on [this] fasination....If you're drawn to feathers, you ust read this as a treatise of the best of the fancy. If you just like nuttiness, it's a damned fine read. In Birders, Cocker not only introduces lay-readers to the venerable art of birding but shares some of the incredible tales previously circulated only among the loop, involving unforgettable--and sometimes deadly--encounters with everything from pipits, puffins, and plovers to border-patrol officers and horseback bandits. And then there is his personal journey, which began when he discovered a nest of pigeon eggs in his family attic and soon led to the fetishism of his binoculars (or rather, bins). Birders is a combined celebration of and an apologia for the national passion for birding...Persuasive, idiosyncratic, and often quite amuzing (Kirkus Reviews). Synopsis:For thirty years, journalist Mark Cocker has been a member of a community of fanatics who sacrifice most of their spare time, a good deal of money, sometimes their chances of a partner or family, even their lives, to watch birds. In Birders, Cocker not only introduces lay-readers to the venerable art of birding but shares some of the incredible tales previously circulated only among "the loop," involving unforgettable — and sometimes deadly — encounters with everything from pipits, puffins, and plovers to border-patrol officers and horseback bandits. And then there is his personal journey, which began when he discovered a nest of pigeon eggs in his family attic and soon led to the fetishism of his binoculars (or rather, "bins"). Synopsis:Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-225) and index.
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