TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mynott,Jeremy
TI  - The beauty of birds
SN  - 9781400843152
AV  - QL677.5 .M96 2012eb
U1  - 598.07234 23
PY  - 2012///, ©2009
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Bird watching
KW  - Birds
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Human-animal relationships
KW  - Oiseaux
KW  - Observation
KW  - Aspect psychologique
KW  - Relations homme-animal
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Animals
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Birdwatching Guides
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Zoology
KW  - Ornithology
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - "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
N2  - 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
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