{"product_id":"golden-wings-and-other-stories-about-birders-and-birding-9780292716230","title":"Golden Wings: And Other Stories about Birders and Birding","description":"\u003cp\u003eDubbed the \"Bard of America's Bird-Watchers\" by the \u003ccite\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/cite\u003e Pete Dunne knows birders and birding--instinctively and completely. He understands the compulsion that drives other birders to go out at first light, whatever the weather, for a chance to maybe, just maybe, glimpse that rare migrant that someone might have spotted in a patch of woods the day before yesterday. And yet, he also knows how . . . well . . . strange the birding obsession becomes when viewed through the eyes of a nonbirder. His dual perspective--totally engrossed in birding, yet still aware of the \"odd birdness\" of some birders--makes reading his essays a pure pleasure whether you pursue \"the feather quest\" or not.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book collects forty-one of Dunne's recent essays, drawn from his columns in Living Bird, Wild Bird News, the New Jersey Sunday section of the \u003ccite\u003eNew York Times, Birder's World, \u003c\/cite\u003e and other publications. Written with his signature wit and insight, they cover everything from a moment of awed communion with a Wandering Albatross (\"the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen\") to Dunne's imagined \"perfect bird\" (\"The Perfect Bird is the size of a turkey, has the wingspan of an eagle, the legs of a crane, the feet of a moorhen, and the talons of a great horned owl. It eats kudzu, surplus zucchini, feral cats, and has been known to predate upon homeowners who fire up their lawn mowers before 7:00 A.M. on the weekend.\"). The title essay pays whimsical, yet heartfelt tribute to Dunne's mentor, the late birding legend Roger Tory Peterson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292716230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.60w x 0.47d","brand":"Pete Dunne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635439431836,"sku":"9780292716230","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d4b9f85c-7c78-4514-866b-ee164adab99c.jpg?v=1603839551","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/golden-wings-and-other-stories-about-birders-and-birding-9780292716230","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}