Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-273).
Contents:
My Bird Problem / Jonathan Franzen. Spotted Owls / Rob Nixon -- Birding in Traffic / Jonathan Rosen -- Buried Birds / Elizabeth Bradfield -- The Problem with Pretty Birds / Andrew Furman -- Red-headed Love Child / J. Drew Lanham -- Crane, Water, Change: A Migratory Essay / Christine Byl -- The Black and White / Sara Crosby -- One Single Hummingbird / Eli J. Knapp -- Assault on the French Canal Bridge / R. A. Behrstock -- Wild Swans / Alison Townsend -- The Snowy Winter / David Gessner -- Koan / Ursula Murray Husted -- This Is My Tribe / Thomas Bancroft -- In the Eyes of the Condor / Christina Baal -- Little Brown Birds / Richard Bohannon -- The Keepers of the Ghost Bird / Jenn Dean -- The Hour (or Two) before the Dawn / Donald Kroodsma -- Secret of Owls / K. Bannerman -- Guardian of the Garden / Renata Golden -- Chasing the Ghost of the Imperial Woodpecker / Tim Gallagher -- Extralimital / Alison Világ -- Death and the Rose-breasted Grosbeak / John R. Nelson -- Birding on Bleaker Island / Rachel Dickinson -- Nest Watcher / Susan Cerulean -- My Bird Problem / Jonathan Franzen.
Summary:
"This book is a literary collection that explores and celebrates a life with birds"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.