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Birds of the Homeplace Anthony McGeehan

Birds of the Homeplace von Anthony McGeehan

Birds of the Homeplace Anthony McGeehan

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Zusammenfassung

There are birds all around us: in gardens, neighbourhoods, farms, towns and cities. Once you look, they become familiar - a whole new world of wonder. Some grow brain tissue to enlarge their memory capacity of where they hide food. Blackbirds search for prey they cannot see. Songbirds lose ten per cent of body weight overnight.

Birds of the Homeplace Zusammenfassung

Birds of the Homeplace Anthony McGeehan

Ireland is slowly becoming a country of nature and bird enthusiasts. Everyone has a space - gardens, farmland and oases of natural habitat - to enjoy everyday encounters with birds. Familiar the birds may be but their lives can fascinate and they are adapted to survive in ways that surprise. They are centre stage in this book that brings alive the feathered characters of Irish neighbourhoods. Following the success of Birds Through Irish Eyes, Anthony McGeehan and Julian Wyllie take on the task of showcasing over seventy species, from Coal Tits, which choose to drop more seed from feeders than they carry away, to Irish Swallows, which avoid dying from thirst while crossing the Sahara. Some are permanent residents, others use Ireland as one of several homes. Distinctive descriptions are complemented by stunning photographs. 'Common-or-garden' is a term that has patronised Ireland's familiar birds for too long. Discover what our birds do and enjoy them even more.

Birds of the Homeplace Bewertungen

Masterpiece of knowledge.

* Irish News *

A lively, entertaining and informative book, which will appeal to both experienced enthusiasts and armchair garden watchers.

* Sherkin Comment *

This book is a Christmas feast for all ornithologists whether professional and 'established' or just awakening that passion as in my 7-year-old niece Charlie. Indeed a need is arising in me now to leave the laptop and engage with the wonders, even mini- miracles of the wild birds on my doorstep. A Delicious Read!

* Birding Frontiers *

'Lovely photographs and much to ponder on.'

* The Irish Garden *

The book of the year.

* Wings *

An encyclopaedia of bird lore.

* Sunday Independent *

Appealing trademark style is relaxed and vernacular.

* The Irish Times *

Über Anthony McGeehan

Anthony McGeehan, from Belfast, has been watching and photographing birds since childhood. Today, he leads birdwatching tours and assists BirdWatch Ireland. Widely published in magazines and newspapers, his book Birds Through Irish Eyes (2012) attracted much favourable comment. Julian Wyllie is one of the last birders who learned to read with The Observer's Book of Birds. Sharing his love for the natural world with a fascination for post-1965 underground music, he worked as a second-hand record dealer, as a dishwasher and for conservation bodies. He lives on Sherkin Island in West Cork, birding or listening to The Fall.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR010282500
9781848892293
1848892292
Birds of the Homeplace Anthony McGeehan
Anthony McGeehan
Gebraucht - Wie Neu
Gebundene Ausgabe
Gill
20140919
300
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