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Birds of Berkeley
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781597144070
- EAN
- 9781597144070
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Birds of Berkeley
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- Heyday
- Genre
- Nature
- Topic
- Birdwatching Guides, Animals / Birds
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 0.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 80 Pages
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Product Information
This charming, full-color field guide to 25 birds easily found in Berkeley proves that even the city's avian residents are a little quirky. Meticulously detailed illustrations capture each bird's distinctive physicality and temperament. A Burrowing Owl faces you in a full-on head shot, perhaps having just raised its raspy, chattering alarm call as you trespass on its last remaining Bay Area foothold at the Marina. The Anna's Hummingbird gives you a coy backward glance to assess if you've properly admired its flashy throat feathers, maybe having just performed its signature J-shaped courtship dive. Even in composition, each bird is strikingly individual, whether depicted in mid-dive or creeping into frame. While descriptions of identification and vocalizations are straightforward, author-illustrator Oliver James takes a delightfully creative approach to his write-ups of each species. He invites you to imagine that a Cooper's Hawk, for example, is Steve McQueen in a '68 Mustang, and you, "a pigeon in a rental car with a poor turning radius," are fleeing through traffic: "It's all over in a matter of seconds." A joy to read and pore over, Birds of Berkeley will enchant readers far beyond the city limits with its findings gleaned from painstaking and patient wildlife observation.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Heyday
ISBN-10
159714407x
ISBN-13
9781597144070
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25038696606
Product Key Features
Book Title
Birds of Berkeley
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Birdwatching Guides, Animals / Birds
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Nature
Number of Pages
80 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
0.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ql684.C2j36 2018
Reviews
"Well-wrought species profiles are coupled with Mr. James' absolutely brilliant colored pencil illustrations that at times are difficult to distinguish from photograph (indeed, he can render his subjects more effectively with his pencils that I generally can with a camera). However it's not only the technical accuracy of his illustrations that make them so remarkable [...] it is the way he presents them that conveys the more important lessons to both interested bird watchers as well as to any aspiring illustrators studying the book for the improvement of their own craft. [...] Given these qualities, Birds of Berkeley is as much a reference guide as it is a work of both literary and visual art."-- Johannes E. Riutta, The Well-read Naturalist "A playful, illustrated guide to our avian neighbors." -- Berkeleyside " Birds of Berkeley is more than an identification guide. It takes us beyond the who's who to why we care. Learn how to think about birds in a way that will deepen your love of feathered things. This book combines scientific research, local insights, humor, and beautiful and accurate artwork. Whether you are an experienced birder or just learning natural history, this book will deepen your sense of place and open insights to beauty, wonder, and connection to the natural world." -- John Muir Laws , author of The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada "Imagine a Berkeley boy-hatchling, raised by birds, grows up to write about his favorite feathered friends in the neighborhood. That's pretty much the essence of this charming volume by local Oliver James." -- Cindy Margulis , executive director, Golden Gate Audubon Society, "Well-wrought species profiles are coupled with Mr. James' absolutely brilliant colored pencil illustrations that at times are difficult to distinguish from photograph (indeed, he can render his subjects more effectively with his pencils that I generally can with a camera). However it's not only the technical accuracy of his illustrations that make them so remarkable [...] it is the way he presents them that conveys the more important lessons to both interested bird watchers as well as to any aspiring illustrators studying the book for the improvement of their own craft. [...] Given these qualities, Birds of Berkeley is as much a reference guide as it is a work of both literary and visual art."-- Johannes E. Riutta, The Well-read Naturalist "A playful, illustrated guide to our avian neighbors."-- Berkeleyside " Birds of Berkeley is more than an identification guide. It takes us beyond the who's who to why we care. Learn how to think about birds in a way that will deepen your love of feathered things. This book combines scientific research, local insights, humor, and beautiful and accurate artwork. Whether you are an experienced birder or just learning natural history, this book will deepen your sense of place and open insights to beauty, wonder, and connection to the natural world."-- John Muir Laws , author of The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada "Imagine a Berkeley boy-hatchling, raised by birds, grows up to write about his favorite feathered friends in the neighborhood. That's pretty much the essence of this charming volume by local Oliver James."-- Cindy Margulis , executive director, Golden Gate Audubon Society
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2017-043201
Illustrated
Yes
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