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Guide to Troubled Birds
The Mincing Mockingbird
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Description for Guide to Troubled Birds
Hardcover. Num Pages: 66 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: WH; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 206.
From irate hummingbirds to judgmental parrots, this handy and lavishly illustrated volume depicts the most disturbed birds of North America in gorgeous colour portraits, with accompanying testimonials and confessions of murder, mental illness and assorted mayhem. There are bird-attack statistics from the 1970s and study questions to make sure you've done your homework. A must-have for leading ornithologists, and perfect gift for angry avian enthusiasts everywhere; this guide is an uproarious and unforgettable look at what lies behind the beady eyes of these winged creatures.
From irate hummingbirds to judgmental parrots, this handy and lavishly illustrated volume depicts the most disturbed birds of North America in gorgeous colour portraits, with accompanying testimonials and confessions of murder, mental illness and assorted mayhem. There are bird-attack statistics from the 1970s and study questions to make sure you've done your homework. A must-have for leading ornithologists, and perfect gift for angry avian enthusiasts everywhere; this guide is an uproarious and unforgettable look at what lies behind the beady eyes of these winged creatures.
Product Details
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
66
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780399170911
SKU
V9780399170911
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Ref
99-15
About The Mincing Mockingbird
Artist Matt Adrian's (The Mincing Mockingbird) work is collected worldwide and has been featured in Country Living, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune, among other publications. Adrian is also the author of It Is Folly To Assume My Awesome Lies Dormant: The Paintings of the Mincing Mockingbird, and I Have Heard My Praises Sung In Screams: The ... Read more
Reviews for Guide to Troubled Birds
This book will have you doubled over with laughter....It's so much fun.
Marney Rich Keenan, The Detroit News For too long we have enjoyed our assumed power over the birds, reducing them to fetish objects of voyeuristic desire. Binoculars in hand, we stalk them in the forest, ignorant of the fact that they are stalking us. The Mincing Mockingbird's ... Read more
Marney Rich Keenan, The Detroit News For too long we have enjoyed our assumed power over the birds, reducing them to fetish objects of voyeuristic desire. Binoculars in hand, we stalk them in the forest, ignorant of the fact that they are stalking us. The Mincing Mockingbird's ... Read more