Field notes from an unintentional birder a memoir

"When Julia Zarankin saw her first red-winged blackbird at the age of thirty-five, she didn't expect that it would change her life. Recently divorced and auditioning hobbies during a stressful career transition, she stumbled on birdwatching, initially out of curiosity for the strange breed of humans...

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Main Author: Zarankin, Julia, 1974- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Madeira Park, British Columbia : Douglas and McIntyre, [2020].
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Table of Contents:
  • Interior decorating
  • A semi-retired hen
  • Spark bird
  • The wrong kind of science
  • And then what?
  • Deerkill and other beginnings
  • Intraspecific variability
  • The migratory urge
  • LBJS
  • The glamour of birding
  • Hope
  • Life lessons
  • Nemesis birds
  • Bravery school
  • The wanderer
  • The big hummingbird
  • Not even a rock pigeon
  • Zen birder
  • The more you see, the more you want to see
  • The little bee-eater and the steppe buzzard
  • Snowy owl
  • What's your favourite bird?
  • Headache
  • My wild side
  • A mistake won't kill you
  • The twitch
  • Celebrity bird
  • Birdsplainer in training
  • For the nuances of waterfowl
  • Going solo
  • The tufted wood thrush
  • Coda: My birding CV.