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Birding to Change the World by Trish O'Kane is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Birding to Change the World about?

In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment.Trish O'Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly two decades writing about justice as an investigative journalist, she'd never paid attention to nature. But then Hurricane Katrine destroyed her New Orleans home, sending her into an emotional tailspin.Enter a scrappy cast of feathered characters—first a cardinal, urban parrots, and sparrows, then a catbird, owls, a bittern, and a woodcock—that cheered her up and showed her a new path. Inspired, O'Kane moved to Madison, Wisconsin, to pursue an environmental studies PhD. There she became a full-on bird obsessive—logging hours in a stunningly biodiverse urban park, filling field notebooks with bird doings and dramas, and teaching ornithology to college students and middle-school kids.When Warner Park—her daily birdwatching...

Who reads Birding to Change the World?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Trish O'Kane
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
2024
Language
EN
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Nature, Pet Memoirs, Stem

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