Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss to reject the mainstream and

to reject the mainstream and build a bohemian community

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Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss to reject the mainstream andThe Book of Birds is a field guide with a difference: It shows readers not just how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them. Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris conjure the unique spirit of nearly fifty once common species: avocet to yellowhammer, kestrel to kingfisher, skylark to nightingale. In lyrical and incantatory essays, Macfarlane describes each bird's habits and habitats, their patterns of flight and patterns of song, how they