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

Contents:

Foreword / by Pete Dunne
What's that sound?
Early enthusiasts
Bedazzlement
Strutting someone else's stuff
Laying the groundwork for science
A bird in the hand
Lost in the mists of time
Championing birds
In the company of birds
A walk on the wild side
Is bird love a one-way street?
To kill or not to kill?
Flight trackers
The lure of the egg
Focus on feathers
Mad for bird watching
Tracking dodos and their ilk
Recording nature
Deadly obsessions
Fantasies of flight
Epilogue.