Birdmania : a remarkable passion for birds / Bernd Brunner ; foreword by Pete Dunne ; translation by Jane Billinghurst.

In this collection it is the watchers, not the birds, who are on display--ornithologists and bird lovers of every description, revealed in sketches and anecdotes that are quirky, intriguing, and always affectionate.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Ornithomania. English
Main Author: Brunner, Bernd, 1964- (Author)
Other Authors: Dunne, Pete, 1951- (writer of foreword.)
Billinghurst, Jane, 1958- (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
German
Published: Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books Ltd., 2017.
Subjects:
Ornithology > History.
Ornithology > Anecdotes.
Ornithologists > Anecdotes.
Bird watching > History.
Bird watching > Anecdotes.
Bird watchers > Anecdotes.
Birds > Anecdotes.
Human-animal relationships > Anecdotes.
Vögel.
Vogelbeobachtung.
Ornithologie.
Hobby.
Anekdote.
NATURE / Animals / Birds.
NATURE / Essays.
PETS / Birds.
Bird watchers.
Bird watching.
Birds.
Human-animal relationships.
Ornithologists.
Ornithology.
Ornithologues.
Ornithologues amateurs.
Oiseaux > Observation.
Oiseaux.
Geschichte
Anecdotes.
History.
Genre:
Anecdotes.
History.
Physical Description:xi, 292 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
In this collection it is the watchers, not the birds, who are on display--ornithologists and bird lovers of every description, revealed in sketches and anecdotes that are quirky, intriguing, and always affectionate.
Note:"Originally published by Verlag Galiani Berlin, Germany, as Ornithomania : Geschichte einer besonderen Leidenschaft by Bernd Brunner copyright © 2015 by Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne"--Title page verso.
Call Number:QL677.5 .B745 2017
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-273) and indexes.
ISBN:9781771642774
1771642777