Sparrow Envy : : Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts
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“You are a rare bird, easy to see but invisible just the same.” That thought is close at hand in Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, as renowned naturalist and writer J. Drew Lanham explores his obsession with birds and all things wild in a mixture of poetry and prose. He questions vital assumptions taken for granted by so many birdwatchers: can birding be an escape if the birder is not in a safe place? Who is watching him as he watches birds?
With a refreshing balance of reverence and candor, Lanham paints a unique portrait of the natural world: listening to cicadas, tracking sandpipers, towhees, wrens, and cataloging fellow birdwatchers at a conference where he is one of two black birders. The resulting insights are as honest as they are illuminating.
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PUBLISHED
Spartanburg, SC : Hub City Press, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: 94 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781938235818 (hbk.)
1938235819 (hbk.)
SUBJECTS
Birds -- Poetry.
Nature -- Poetry.
American poetry -- 21st century.