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Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts

J. Drew Lanham
4.41/5 (386 ratings)
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“You are a rare bird, easy to see but invisible just the same.” That thought is close at hand in Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, as renowned naturalist and writer J. Drew Lanham explores his obsession with birds and all things wild in a mixture of poetry and prose. He questions vital assumptions taken for granted by so many birdwatchers: can birding be an escape if the birder is not in a safe place? Who is watching him as he watches birds?

With a refreshing balance of reverence and candor, Lanham paints a unique portrait of the natural world: listening to cicadas, tracking sandpipers, towhees, wrens, and cataloging fellow birdwatchers at a conference where he is one of two black birders. The resulting insights are as honest as they are illuminating.
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
104 pages
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Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1938235819
ISBN13:
9781938235818
kindle Asin:
B08MT7FH6M

Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts

J. Drew Lanham
4.41/5 (386 ratings)
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“You are a rare bird, easy to see but invisible just the same.” That thought is close at hand in Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, as renowned naturalist and writer J. Drew Lanham explores his obsession with birds and all things wild in a mixture of poetry and prose. He questions vital assumptions taken for granted by so many birdwatchers: can birding be an escape if the birder is not in a safe place? Who is watching him as he watches birds?

With a refreshing balance of reverence and candor, Lanham paints a unique portrait of the natural world: listening to cicadas, tracking sandpipers, towhees, wrens, and cataloging fellow birdwatchers at a conference where he is one of two black birders. The resulting insights are as honest as they are illuminating.
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
104 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1938235819
ISBN13:
9781938235818
kindle Asin:
B08MT7FH6M

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