Birds of the South: Permanent and Winter Birds

By Charlotte Hilton Green

Book Overview

With a New Intr

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807845167
• ISBN13: 9780807845165
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Lovely read!

As a bird lover living in a 180 year old renovated farmhouse in Wake County, NC, this book has been a delight to read. More like Amy Tan's newest backyard bird best seller than a bird guide, it still remains both in the most charming way. After finding a week old bob-white separated from its covey on our property last spring, we endeavored to know more about our now somewhat-urban roadside living, especially when it comes to the landscape and the birds who seem to appreciate this home, perhaps because it's been here for them to return to for so many generations. A delightful read, maybe especially so for Raleigh, North Carolinians who will recognize place names as well as our long or short seasons. What you will not find are dozens of bird pictures for identification purposes, though there are some. What you will find are wonderful articles about your backyard birds which read more like the author's columns from the News and Observer of old which do serve to teach a thing or two about our backyard birds. (We have even learned more about preserving hedges, seasonal trees and shrubs and especially the small remaining bit of clover pasture with its weedy seeds in order to remain true to our birds.)