Subject: [Tweeters] NEW bird book
Date: Oct 22 11:35:28 2004
From: birdbooker at zipcon.net - birdbooker at zipcon.net


HI:
Has anyone seen this British bird book:

HOW TO BE A BAD BIRDWATCHER
Simon Barnes
Simon Barnes gives us a radical new approach to watching birds without letting
the formalities of birdwatching get in the way. Even bad birdwatchers know
something about birds...

"Do you have any binoculars?" "No." "Waterproofs?" "No." "Wellingtons?" "No."
It is an inauspicious start to my plan of spending a day birdwatching with
Simon Barnes, but - I hasten to point out - it will at least give him the
chance to test out the thesis of his new book: How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher. In
it he claims that everybody has the capacity to recognise their local
feathered friends and that by learning simply to look out of the window from
time to time, we can all have our lives enriched by a little avian
appreciation. Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 27/09/2004 208 pp, illus. by Alex
Fox.
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Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA USA
A.K.A.:Birdbooker
Rallidae all the way!