Warblers & Woodpeckers
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Warblers & Woodpeckers

A Father-Son Big Year of Birding

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eBook - ePub

Warblers & Woodpeckers

A Father-Son Big Year of Birding

About this book

"In the grandest sense, the Big Year is more than just a game. Though few mortals will ever tackle the endeavor, most of us can appreciate the decision to follow a passion to its outer limits. Dedicating a whole year to birds is an exhausting, exhilarating, occasionally demoralizing, and addictive pursuit, and anyone crazy enough to go the distance is in for a wild ride."

— Noah Strycker, Audubon

"What makes this big-year book different is the father-son bonding element... the picture of a teenager that emerges has the ring of truth. A proficient storyteller, Collard writes with style about their travels together..."

— Kirkus Reviews

From the killer bee-infested border region of southeast Arizona to the sultry islands of the Galapagos, Warblers & Woodpeckers recounts the quest of a father and his thirteen-year-old son to see as many birds as possible in a single year. With a measured blend of humor, natural history, and adventure, this tale takes readers to great birding hotspots of America and beyond, both to experience their incredible avian wealth and to experience the focused, often eccentric, world of ornithological travel. Along the way, readers share the ups and downs of the relationship between a father and his teenage son. Writer Sneed Collard and his son Braden set out to establish their own personal Big Year bird species count record. In Warblers & Wood peckers, Sneed shares the excitement, challenges, perils, and insights that come with crisscrossing the country in search of some of Earth's most remarkable creatures. It's a father-and-son tale, in which the adventure is in the journey and the surprising discoveries and encounters with our wondrous feathered friends. Sneed brings a fast-paced yet generous voice to the attempt, and readers of all stripes will appreciate the way backyard birders can create their own Big Year.

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Information

Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9781680511376
Edition
0
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Warblers & Woodpeckers: A father-son big year of birding
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Copyright
  5. contents
  6. Chapter 1: april 1, 2016, southeastern arizona
  7. Chapter 2: blame owen wilson
  8. Chapter 3: arctic beginnings
  9. Chapter 4: planning over owls
  10. Chapter 5: midwinter blahs
  11. Chapter 6: arizona bound
  12. Chapter 7: a split decision
  13. Chapter 8: legal immigration
  14. Chapter 9: homeland insecurity
  15. Chapter 10: cochise stronghold
  16. Chapter 11: gas station birding
  17. Chapter 12: houston or bust
  18. Chapter 13: high adventure at high island
  19. Chapter 14: meta-birding
  20. Chapter 15: unprecedented historical weather event
  21. Chapter 16: terror at 31,000 feet
  22. Chapter 17: upping expectations
  23. Chapter 18: the big weekend, day 1
  24. Chapter 19: the big weekend, day 2
  25. Chapter 20: the big weekend, bonus day
  26. Chapter 21: the big lead-up
  27. Chapter 22: layover birding
  28. Chapter 23: birding across borders
  29. Chapter 24: the bird feeders of evolution
  30. Chapter 25: bucking for birds
  31. Chapter 26: dog days
  32. Chapter 27: california
  33. Chapter 28: pitching and tossing
  34. Chapter 29: peregrine shortcake
  35. Chapter 30: golden state dash
  36. Chapter 31: din tai dilemma
  37. Chapter 32: trumpeter tragedy
  38. Chapter 33: snipe hunting
  39. Chapter 34: shots in the dark
  40. Chapter 35: a christmas basket of birds
  41. Chapter 36: frozen
  42. Chapter 37: the final countdown
  43. epilogue
  44. sneed’s big year list
  45. braden’s big year list
  46. chirps and tweets
  47. about the author