Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
A Supremely Bad Idea by Luke Dempsey
A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All, Luke Dempsey. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2008. e-book, 239 pps.
Luke Dempsey is a transplanted English man living in New York City at the time of the writing of A Supremely Bad Idea. He became hooked on birding and found a couple of pals to share his passion with. They birded in NYC of course and the road trips began.
sapphoq reviews says: I found Luke Dempsey's writing to be extremely entertaining. I related to the madness that is familiar to all serious birders. For birders with a sense of humor, highly recommended.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
BIRD-BY-BIRD GARDENING by Sally Roth 1/13/07
Bird-by-Bird Gardening, by Sally Roth. Rodale Books, 2006. Hardback, 392pp.
Yes, this book was another find during today's bookstore trip.
I got turned on to birds when I first got clean. There were a couple of co-workers who were serious birders and they took me along to Montezuma Reserve outside of Syracuse and up Cathead Mountain in the snow. Then there was my dog's best dog friend who had an old woodsman attached to her and he also was avid about the avians. I have long enjoyed the birds flocking outside my gram's kitchen window in the countryside. My current urban environ has a variety of feeders and bushes and trees and boxes which welcome cardinals, hummingbirds, house sparrows, house wrens, and others on a regular basis. Bird-by-Bird Gardening, with its' bright orange and black cover featuring an oriole, begged me to pick it up.
And this is what I found: Several chapters of introductory material concerning bird families and identifying characteristics, followed by chapters which flush out the requirements of each family. The book is easy reading, full of tips, and has some great color shots of birds.
Highly recommended for the birder who wishes to take their backyard habitats to the next level and for the gardener who wishes to add some color to the garden.
sapphoq reviews
Yes, this book was another find during today's bookstore trip.
I got turned on to birds when I first got clean. There were a couple of co-workers who were serious birders and they took me along to Montezuma Reserve outside of Syracuse and up Cathead Mountain in the snow. Then there was my dog's best dog friend who had an old woodsman attached to her and he also was avid about the avians. I have long enjoyed the birds flocking outside my gram's kitchen window in the countryside. My current urban environ has a variety of feeders and bushes and trees and boxes which welcome cardinals, hummingbirds, house sparrows, house wrens, and others on a regular basis. Bird-by-Bird Gardening, with its' bright orange and black cover featuring an oriole, begged me to pick it up.
And this is what I found: Several chapters of introductory material concerning bird families and identifying characteristics, followed by chapters which flush out the requirements of each family. The book is easy reading, full of tips, and has some great color shots of birds.
Highly recommended for the birder who wishes to take their backyard habitats to the next level and for the gardener who wishes to add some color to the garden.
sapphoq reviews
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