Re: Great Tailed Grackles, Mourning Doves, and Me

On Fri, 09 May 2008 19:04:01 -0700, ctbishop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Charles
Bishop) wrote:

> In article <89r924tc28ijiicc9tclvh26teq5l4r1k0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Reunite
> Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)" <reunite.gondwana@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> 
> [snip wonderful tale of birds doing bird stuff]
> 
> I commend to your (general, not specific) attention _How to Be a (Bad)
> Birdwatcher_ by Simon Barnes, a British chap. He doesn't, of course to
be
> a bird watcher who isn't any good at it, but a bird watcher out of the
> mold of the life list birdwatchers. He wants you to notice birds and
gain
> enjoyment while doing so. The book gives lessonns on what to look for,
and
> is partly an autobiography of his interaction with them, and with his
dad
> who helped him get started. 
> 
> Mary's descritpions of the birds sounds as if could have been lifted
from
> the book.

I'm so glad you mentioned this book (this is sincere, not sarcastic).
I zipped off to Amazon just now and ordered it and his other book, two
books about ravens and crows (we have ravens in Lancaster), two
"companion" books (one about birds and one about cooking), and two
books on container ****pping.

I can hardly wait for the bird books to get here.  I'm also going to
go back and reread the raven books I bought earlier.

Mary "It's so nice to have friends who tell me about books I need"
-- 
Mary Shafer   Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote re****ts about it.
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