A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching
Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Workman Publishing
Published:26th Oct '21
Should be back in stock very soon
This engaging guide transforms the perception of city pigeons, encouraging readers to appreciate their fascinating behaviors and the joy of bird-watching.
You don't have to venture far to embrace the joys of bird-watching; just observe the pigeons in your local park. A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching offers a delightful and scientifically accurate exploration of the most common urban birds. This engaging field guide will help you appreciate pigeons and doves (which are essentially the same) with the keen eye of a bird-watcher. You'll gain insights into their intriguing behaviors and learn to relish the beauty of nature right outside your door.
This book serves as a unique blend of a field guide, historical account, and an introduction to ornithology, all wrapped in an enjoyable narrative. Pigeons have long been admired by humans, once cherished as pets and even featured in beauty contests. They have served various roles, from message carriers during wartime to gourmet dishes on our plates.
In A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching, readers can rediscover the charm of these often-overlooked birds. The guide covers everything from their behaviors—such as cooing, flocking, and raising young—to their anatomy and identification. It addresses common concerns for birders, including how to assist a stranded baby pigeon. Rosemary Mosco, a passionate bird enthusiast and science communicator, aims to transform the public perception of pigeons, encouraging city dwellers to connect with nature through the simple act of pigeon-watching.
"This book will change what you think about pigeons! With loads of eye-opening pigeon science, delivered in playful and engaging style by Rosemary Mosco's text and illustrations, A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching you will help you gain a whole new appreciation of these smart, savvy, and adaptable birds whose lives are so intertwined with ours." --David Allen Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds "We scorn pigeons for their commonness, but their ubiquity speaks to their talents. Past civilizations domesticated them and brought them wherever they went, for pigeons were loved and prized--as messengers, as producers of fertilizer, as meat on the plate. With her trademark wit and artistic charms, Mosco gives us a hundred reasons to rekindle the love affair. A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching is part field guide, part history, part ornithology primer, and altogether fun!" --Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Stiff and Grunt "So joyful that it's almost effervescent, A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching will convert even the grumpiest pigeon skeptics into being, at the very least, pigeon-curious. Readers will never hear the cooing in a city park or watch a preening flock of pigeons the same way again." --Foreward Reviews "A gifted communicator, Rosemary Mosco makes every science subject both fascinating and fun--as they should be. This delightful look at the world of pigeons is a treasure." --Kenn Kaufman, editor of Kaufman Field Guides "A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching is my favorite kind of book: one that teaches you everything you could want to know about a single fascinating topic in a way that is accessible, charming, and hilarious." --Ryan North, New York Times bestselling author of How to Invent Everything "Sparkling, witty prose, loaded with relatable pop-culture references and enhanced with charming cartoons, A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching is a seductive draw into the multilayered world of pigeons. This little book will sneak up and drop a load of solid ornithology on the unsuspecting reader." --Julie Zickefoose, author of Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay
ISBN: 9781523511341
Dimensions: 182mm x 132mm x 26mm
Weight: 300g
240 pages