The birding life
Subtitle: a passion for birds at home and afield
By: text by Laurence Sheehan ; photographs by William Sittes ; with Carol Sama Sheehan and Kathryn George Precourt
Contributors: Stites, William, 1953-; Sheehan, Carol Sama; Precourt, Kathryn George
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780307716354
Subjects: Bird watching; Birds in art; Interior decoration accessories; Bird watchers
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Birders in birdland: Origin of the species: trailblazing birders; title: Where the birds are: Texas Hill Country; title: Birdboy's urban aerie; title: Field trip: Central Park, New York City, a walk in the Park with birding Bob; title: Diary of a mad birder; title: Hog Island's "sounds and sweet airs"; title: Birds are us; title: Part II. Bird houses: Audubon man; title: Avian Taj Mahal; title: Nestling instincts; title: Field trip: High Island Texas, a birder's treasure island; title: Day at the museum; title: Enchanted nests; title: Hilltop Hilton for birds and more; title: Art of the bird; title: Furnishing the nest: collecting with an avian theme; title: Part III. Shorebirds unlimited; title: Eggs and us; title: Menagerie à deux; title: Flight of fancy; title: Field trip: Magee Marsh, Ohio, warbler capital of the world; title: Birds by design: the genius of Charley Harper; title: Mara and the swan; title: One man's pecking order; title: Feathering the nest: decorating with an avian theme.