Down & Dirty Birding

Beginners, armchair birders, and even professional ornithologists will delight in this irreverent guide to looking, acting, and talking like a knowledgeable expert on avian life. Combining useful, accurate information with absolutely hilarious advice, Joey Slinger, a hardened bird-watcher himself, reveals how to become a bird-watcher without leaving the house. What to wear. Where to go. What equipment to take on your outing. Surefire tricks for figuring out which damn bird is which how to steer clear of people who think bird-watching is better than sex, how come you never see any baby blue jays or pigeons around the ins-and-outs of bird courtship and mating-from one-night stands to lifelong devotion. SC, 239 pages.