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Birders: Tales of a Tribe - Softcover

Cocker, Mark

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Synopsis

For thirty years, journalist Mark Cocker has been a member of a community of fanatics who sacrifice most of their spare time, a good deal of money, sometimes their chances of a partner or family, even their lives, to watch birds. In Birders, Cocker not only introduces lay-readers to the venerable art of birding but shares some of the incredible tales previously circulated only among "the loop," involving unforgettable -- and sometimes deadly -- encounters with everything from pipits, puffins, and plovers to border-patrol officers and horseback bandits. And then there is his personal journey, which began when he discovered a nest of pigeon eggs in his family attic and soon led to the fetishism of his binoculars (or rather, "bins").

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About the Author

Mark Cocker is the author of an acclaimed biography of Britain's most colorful ornithologist, Richard Meinertzhagen (shortlisted for the Angel Literary Award), as well as Loneliness and Time and Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold.

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