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Lawrence Kilham Begins This Remarkable Book With A Simple Premise: Surely There Are Many People Who Aren’t Scientists Who Nevertheless Take Great Satisfaction From Observing Nature And The Creatures That Inhabit It. Eschewing Species Lists And The Charts-and-graphs Approach Of Professional Ornithologists And Competitive Birders, Kilham’s On Watching Birds Elegantly Balances The Aesthetic And Humanistic With The Scientific. The Author Offers A Philosophy Of Embracing Nature Through Discovery Rather Than A Methodology For Categorizing It. “watch Everything,” Kilham Advises The Novice, For One May Be Surprised By What One Sees, Even When Observing The Most Common Of Birds. His Observations Become Part Beautifully Told Story And Part Life-lesson, As The Habits And Rituals Of Cranes, Crows, Owls—even Otters—reveal A Rich Counterlife Of Often Unnoticed Behavioral Variation And Personality In Living Nature. “behavior Watching,” Kilham Concludes, “not Only Strengthens My Bonds With The Beauty Of Nature, But Also My Empathy With Living Things.” First Published In 1988, This Autobiographical Account Of A Renowned Naturalist’s Love Affair With Birds Has Already Become A Classic. Illustrated W

Who reads On Watching Birds?

Author

Lawrence Kilham

Publisher

College Station: Texas A & M University Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780890967638

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Nature, Stem

Rating

4.6 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14