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Birders: Tales of a Tribe

Birders: Tales of a Tribe

Paperback

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ISBN10: 0802139965
ISBN13: 9780802139962
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: Feb 27 2003
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
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).

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