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The Verb "to Bird": Sightings of an Avid Birder by Peter Cashwell; illustrations by Grant Silverstein is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"[A] delightfully literary and eclectic memoir about the manifold joys of birdingCashwell is a storyteller. A very literate, observant, insightful storyteller." The Bloomsbury Review "Reading this book was the next best thing to wandering in the woods with Peter Cashwell hoping to add a rufous-capped warbler to my life list. No, it was betterI could laugh out loud in delight as I turned the pages without fear of scaring the birds."Katharine Weber, author of The Music Lesson "An entertaining and witty meditation on birding." Library Journal All around the world, birds are the subject of intense, even spiritual, fascination, but relatively few people see the word bird as a verb. Peter Cashwell is one who does, and with good He birds (because he can't help it), and he teaches grammar (because he's paid to). An English teacher by profession and an avid birder by inner calling, Cashwell has written a whimsical and critical book about his many obsessionsbirds, birders, language, literature, parenting, pop culture, and the human race. Cashwell lovingly but irreverently explores the practice of birding, from choosing a field guide to luring vultures out of shrubbery, and gives his own ecle

Who reads The Verb "to Bird": Sightings of an Avid Birder?

Author

Peter Cashwell; illustrations by Grant Silverstein

Publisher

Paul Dry Books, Incorporated

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781589880016

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Fiction, Nature

Rating

3.82 / 5 (63 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14