The beauty of birds /
Mynott, Jeremy.
The beauty of birds / Jeremy Mynott. - Princeton Shorts ed. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012, ©2009. - 1 online resource (39 pages) : illustrations (some color)
"A Princeton Shorts selection from Birdscapes : Birds in our Imagination and Experience."
Includes bibliographical references.
Beauty and the Beholder; Volga Delta, 25 May 2007; Signs of Life; Image and Imagination; Colour and Form; Art and Nature; Notes; Acknowledgements and Permissions; About the Author; Related Titles
Spring returns and with it the birds. But it also brings throngs of birders who emerge, binoculars in hand, to catch a glimpse of a rare or previously unseen species or to simply lay eyes on a particularly fine specimen of a familiar type. In a delightful meditation that unexpectedly ranges from the Volga Delta to Central Park and from Charles Dickens's Hard Times to a 1940s London burlesque show, Jeremy Mynott ponders what makes birds so beautiful and alluring to so many people. Princeton Shorts are brief selections taken from influential Princeton University Press books and produce.
9781400843152 (electronic bk.) 1400843154 (electronic bk.)
Bird watching.
Birds--Psychological aspects.
Human-animal relationships.
Oiseaux--Observation.
Oiseaux--Aspect psychologique.
Relations homme-animal.
NATURE--Animals--Birds.
NATURE--Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--Ornithology.
Bird watching.
Human-animal relationships.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QL677.5 / .M96 2012eb
598.07234
The beauty of birds / Jeremy Mynott. - Princeton Shorts ed. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012, ©2009. - 1 online resource (39 pages) : illustrations (some color)
"A Princeton Shorts selection from Birdscapes : Birds in our Imagination and Experience."
Includes bibliographical references.
Beauty and the Beholder; Volga Delta, 25 May 2007; Signs of Life; Image and Imagination; Colour and Form; Art and Nature; Notes; Acknowledgements and Permissions; About the Author; Related Titles
Spring returns and with it the birds. But it also brings throngs of birders who emerge, binoculars in hand, to catch a glimpse of a rare or previously unseen species or to simply lay eyes on a particularly fine specimen of a familiar type. In a delightful meditation that unexpectedly ranges from the Volga Delta to Central Park and from Charles Dickens's Hard Times to a 1940s London burlesque show, Jeremy Mynott ponders what makes birds so beautiful and alluring to so many people. Princeton Shorts are brief selections taken from influential Princeton University Press books and produce.
9781400843152 (electronic bk.) 1400843154 (electronic bk.)
Bird watching.
Birds--Psychological aspects.
Human-animal relationships.
Oiseaux--Observation.
Oiseaux--Aspect psychologique.
Relations homme-animal.
NATURE--Animals--Birds.
NATURE--Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--Ornithology.
Bird watching.
Human-animal relationships.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QL677.5 / .M96 2012eb
598.07234