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LEADER: 01610cam a2200301 a 4500
001 2008036405
003 DLC
005 20110415084234.0
008 080815s2009 njuabfg b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008036405
015 $aGBA8D6808$2bnb
016 7 $a014845212$2Uk
020 $a9780691135397 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0691135398 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn244246669
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dUKM$dYDXCP$dANS$dC#P$dBWX$dCDX$dALEML$dDLC
050 00 $aQL677.5$b.M96 2009
082 00 $a598$222
100 1 $aMynott, Jeremy.
245 10 $aBirdscapes :$bbirds in our imagination and experience /$cJeremy Mynott.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axi, 367 p., 8 p. of plates ;$bill. (some col.), maps, music ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [323]-345) and indexes.
520 $aWhat draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? And what do our ways of thinking about and experiencing birds tell us about ourselves? Birdscapes is a unique meditation on the variety of human responses to birds, from antiquity to today, and from casual observers to the globe-trotting "twitchers" who sometimes risk life, limb, and marriages simply to add new species to their "life lists."
650 0 $aBird watching.
650 0 $aBirds$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aHuman-animal relationships.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0826/2008036405.html