This week’s Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting will be something new: A “potluck” in which we each have an opportunity to share our favorite bird books. Bring a book or two to share with the rest of the group, and we’ll each take turns showing our books, telling the group what we like about them, and maybe reading a passage or two.
New books, old books, field guides, reference books, memoirs, fiction; everything is fair game as long as it’s at least somewhat bird-related. It’s totally fine if you just want to watch without sharing a book of your own, but I hope lots of people will be willing to share their favorites.
I’m looking forward to it. See you there!
— John Callender
Topic: Favorite Bird Books: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for Thursday, May 14
Time: May 14, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Books mentioned during the meeting:
- Smithsonian Nature Guide: Birds, The World in Your Hands by David Burnie
- The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
- Introduction to the California Condor by Noel Snyder and Helen Snyder
- What It’s Like To Be A Bird by David Sibley
- Scrub Jay Cafe by Leanne Roth
- Birds of Southeastern Arizona by Richard Cachor Taylor
- Why Birds Do That by Michael Furtman
- How to Draw and Paint Birds by Lynn Bogue Hunt
- A Book of Ducks by Phyllis Barclay-Smith
- Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most Amazing Birds by Olivia Gentile
- Last of the Curlews by Fred Bodsworth
- Birds of the World by Oliver Luther Austin Jr.
- The Birds of California by William Leon Dawson
- The Seabird’s Cry by Adam Nicolson
- The Sun is a Compass by Caroline Van Hemert
- The Big Year by Mark Obmascik
- Kingbird Highway by Kenn Kaufman