My Dad Likes Birds

My Dad Likes Birds

Author: Robert Rodriguez

Publisher:

Published: 2019-05-14

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 9781097208630

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My Dad Likes Birds is a book written by a dad for dads. The essence of the book is to encourage dads to remove themselves from the crazy grind, take a moment to themselves and spend some time reading with their kids. Its a multi-therapeutic practice intended to self serve one's inner peace, provide children with the much needed attention and support of their father, and create a special bond to last a lifetime. These moments are critical and special, and should not be underestimated or under-appreciated.As a father of two young girls, ages 1 and 4 as of writing, I treasure the moments spent connecting with my girls. This time to connect, which usually equates to "doing nothing" in my big person world, is actually excellent down time and decompress time. I am fortunate enough to appreciate and recognize the moments, as well as afford the time to make for us to be together.I mentally wrote My Dad Likes Birds in the early summer evenings spending time with my girls in the backyard, hanging out on the hammock, and of course watching birds. Fortunately here in Pasadena, we have a generous variety of birds that captivate our skies and our imagination. Almost all of the pictures in the book were taken by one of us. The end of the day wind down with the family can make all the difference stabilizing the dynamics a family of four can carry. The story, yet short and simple, was written to share and inspire my fellow fathers to find time, spend time or make whatever time possible to capture and share those moments. As an early stage father, these moments are beautiful and priceless.I dedicate this book to all my girls, Taryn, Haven and Mila and thank them for a fulfillment that is impossible to match.


To See Every Bird on Earth

To See Every Bird on Earth

Author: Dan Koeppel

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-04-25

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1440627037

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What drives a man to travel to sixty countries and spend a fortune to count birds? And what if that man is your father? Richard Koeppel’s obsession began at age twelve, in Queens, New York, when he first spotted a Brown Thrasher, and jotted the sighting in a notebook. Several decades, one failed marriage, and two sons later, he set out to see every bird on earth, becoming a member of a subculture of competitive bird watchers worldwide all pursuing the same goal. Over twenty-five years, he collected over seven thousand species, becoming one of about ten people ever to do so. To See Every Bird on Earth explores the thrill of this chase, a crusade at the expense of all else—for the sake of making a check in a notebook. A riveting glimpse into a fascinating subculture, the book traces the love, loss, and reconnection between a father and son, and explains why birds are so critical to the human search for our place in the world. “Marvelous. I loved just about everything about this book.”—Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman “A lovingly told story . . . helps you understand what moves humans to seek escape in seemingly strange other worlds.”—Stefan Fatsis, author of Word Freak “Everyone has his or her addiction, and birdwatching is the drug of choice for the father of author Dan Koeppel, who writes affectionately but honestly about his father’s obsession.”—Audubon Magazine (editor’s choice) “As a glimpse into human behavior and family relationships, To See Every Bird on Earth is a rarity: a book about birding that nonbirders will find just as rewarding.”—Chicago Tribune


My Dad's a Birdman

My Dad's a Birdman

Author: David Almond

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 0763653454

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In a northern English town, Lizzie, despite her own grief over the death of her mother, tries to distract her grief-stricken father by helping him enter and prepare for the Great Human Bird Competition.


Birdwatchingwatching

Birdwatchingwatching

Author: Alex Horne

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2009-01-29

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0753519283

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Alex Horne is not a birdwatcher. But his dad is, so with the prospect of fatherhood looming on his own horizon, Alex decided there was no better time to really get to know both his father and his father's favourite hobby. So he challenged his dad to a Big Year: from 1 January to 31 December they would each try to spot as many birds as possible; the one who spied the most species would be the victor. Along the way Alex would find out what makes his dad tick, pick up a bit of fatherly wisdom and perhaps even 'get into' birdwatching himself. Join Alex as he journeys from Barnes to Bahrain in this charming tale of obsession, manliness, fathers and sons, and the highly amusing twists and turns of a year-long bird race.


I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird

I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird

Author: Susan Cerulean

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2020-08-01

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 0820357383

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Susan Cerulean’s memoir trains a naturalist’s eye and a daughter’s heart on the lingering death of a beloved parent from dementia. At the same time, the book explores an activist’s lifelong search to be of service to the embattled natural world. During the years she cared for her father, Cerulean also volunteered as a steward of wild shorebirds along the Florida coast. Her territory was a tiny island just south of the Apalachicola bridge where she located and protected nesting shorebirds, including least terns and American oystercatchers. I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird weaves together intimate facets of adult caregiving and the consolation of nature, detailing Cerulean’s experiences of tending to both. The natural world is the “sustaining body” into which we are born. In similar ways, we face not only a crisis in numbers of people diagnosed with dementia but also the crisis of the human-caused degradation of the planet itself, a type of cultural dementia. With I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird, Cerulean reminds us of the loving, necessary toil of tending to one place, one bird, one being at a time.


Birds

Birds

Author: Herbert S. Zim

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2001-04-14

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1582381283

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This field guide to birds is fully revised and updated, and includes illustrations and authoritative, easy-to-use text.


Take a Backyard Bird Walk

Take a Backyard Bird Walk

Author: Jane Kirkland

Publisher: Stillwater Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780970975409

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Tells readers the best way to spot birds while walking through their backyard, providing a place to sketch a map and write field notes, and introduces the characteristics and behaviors of different birds so that they may be easily identified.


Bird-watcher's Bible

Bird-watcher's Bible

Author: Jonathan K. Alderfer

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1426209649

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A guide to bird watching covers topics ranging from mythology and birdhouses to the work of Audubon and Angry Birds, combining images with trivia, top ten lists, and bird watching guidelines.


A Home for Bird

A Home for Bird

Author: Philip C. Stead

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2012-06-05

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1596437111

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Vernon the toad takes the silent Bird on a journey in hopes of finding Bird'shome. Full color.


Crow Not Crow

Crow Not Crow

Author: Jane Yolen

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781943645312

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Tells the story of a child's first birding expedition on a golden autumn day.