You don't need to travel to experience the joy of bird-watching:
just take a look at the pigeons in your nearby park! With this fun,
quirky, and scientifically correct field guide to the most common
bird in most cities, you'll learn to see pigeons and doves (they're
the same thing) with a bird-watcher's expertise, understanding
their fascinating behaviour and appreciating nature right outside
your window. Part field guide, part history, part ornithology
primer, and altogether fun. Fact: Pigeons are amazing, and until
recently, humans adored them. We've kept them as pets, held pigeon
beauty contests, raced them, used them to carry messages over
battlefields, harvested their poop to fertilize our crops-and
cooked them in gourmet dishes. Now, with The Pocket Guide to Pigeon
Watching, readers can rediscover the wonder. Equal parts
illustrated field guide and quirky history, it covers behaviour:
Why they coo; how they flock; how they preen, kiss, and mate
(monogamously); and how they raise their young (on chunky pigeon
milk). Anatomy and identification, from Birmingham Roller to the
American Giant Runt to the Scandaroon. Birder issues, like what to
do if you find a baby pigeon stranded in the park. And our lively
shared story together, including all the things we've taught
them-Ping-Pong, for example. "Rats with wings?" Think again.
Pigeons coo, peck and nest all over the world, yet most of us treat
them with indifference or disdain. So Rosemary Mosco, a bird-lover,
science communicator, writer, and cartoonist (and co-author of The
Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous
Kid) is here to give the pigeon's image a makeover, and to help
every town- and city-dweller get closer to nature by discovering
the joys of birding through pigeon-watching.
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