Bald Coot and Screaming Loon: A handbook for the curious bird lover by Niall Edworthy

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EAN: 9781905811359
Format: Hardback
Published: 9 Apr 2009

Synopsis

Bald Coot & Screaming Loon contains over 1000 entries of remarkable information about birds, birdlife and birdwatching. Chapters include: The Last of the Dinosaurs: How birds evolved and adapted; The Cloaca Monologues: Courtship & Breeding; A Cracking Start: Raising a family; Sing A Song of Sixpence: Why birds sing and call; Why don’t birds wee? Birds and their bodies; A Complex Relationship: Birds & man; The Majesty of Flight: How and why birds fly; Pole to pole without a map: The mystery of migration; Bird Brain: Instinct or intelligence?; Weird Birds & Strange Behaviour: A curate’s egg of a chapter; and The Battle for Survival: How birds are faring in a damaged world

Woven into this wealth of knowledge are famous quotations, anecdotes, traditional sayings, lines of verse, practical advice for attracting and spotting birds, and words of rural wisdom. The spirit and focus of the Almanac is British but the book also travels as far and distant as the world's birds themselves. It is truly an essential handbook for every bird lover.

What the critics say

Fascinating for anyone with an inquisitive mind and a love of wildlife in general.
- Friends of the Earth magazine, EARTH MATTERS

Contains lots of sensible stuff . . . an irresistible package.
- Eden magazine

Containing a wealth of remarkable information about birds, birdlife and birdwatching, this book will prove a revelation for anyone with the slightest interest in the feathered friends visiting their gardens ... With more than 1,000 facts, figures and fables, it's an ideal stocking filler for bird lovers.
- Garden News

The Author

Niall Edworthy

Writing under a variety of noms de plume, Niall Edworthy has written over a dozen books covering a wide range of subjects from military history, biography and outdoor survival to general humour and sport.
In 2002 Niall moved house and discovered gardening, a relationship that began as an arranged marriage, but quickly blossomed into a passion, inspiring the delightful CURIOUS GARDENER'S ALMANAC. It could only be a matter of time before he took notice of the feathered creatures with which he shared his outdoor space, and their very curious antics. So began another love affair.
Niall lives with his family in Sussex.