Full Description
In these entertaining birding anecdotes from around the world, Bo Beolens, alias the 'Fatbirder', traverses many of the planet's wild places, along with his wife Maggie, looking at birds - some familiar, others exotic, a few beyond a person's most extravagant expectations. On the way, he meets up with a wide variety of human, animal and bird characters and experiences a plenitude of amusing and sometimes bizarre happenstances, all told with the author's wellknown flair and panache. Certainly, his travels are a credit to his courage and fortitude in coming to terms with wild birds of different plume, hue and voice. The book, with a prelude by celebrity naturalist and broadcaster Mike Dilger, comprises twenty-six alphabetical 'chapters' - starting with A for Anhinga, the Snake-bird, and ending with Z for Zebra Finch - each being accompanied by a humorous drawing by cartoonist and illustrator Des Campbell. A-Z of Birds will surely amuse and entertain all those who have a passion for birds and wish to be inspired by one who already has lots of first-hand experience of how to (usually) get the most out of travelling to far-flung lands to see them.
Contents
Prelude 9 About the Author 12 Introduction 15 A is for Anhinga the Snake-bird 17 B is for Booby 29 C is for Cordon Bleu 37 D is for Dipper 51 E is for Eurasian Eagle Owl 59 F is for Florida Scrub-jay 67 G is for Goose 78 H is for Hummingbird 86 I is for Indian Lark 94 J is for Jacamar 102 K is for Kalij Pheasant 111 L is for Lovebirds 120 M is for Mexican Jay 128 N is for Nightingale 138 O is for Oriental Turtle Dove 146 P is for Pardalotes 153 Q is for Quail 160 R is for Rose-coloured Starling 169 S is for Spiderhunter 178 T is for Tengmalm's Owl 186 U is for Ural Owl 194 V is for Victorin's Warbler 201 W is for Wallcreeper 207 X is for Xenops 215 Y is for Yellow-crowned Bishop 221 Z is for Zebra Finch 229
