Down and Dirty Birding: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, Here's All the Outrageous but True Stuff You've Ever Wanted to Know About North American Birds

Very Good used paperback. Previous owner's blind stamp on title page.  

Beginners, armchair birders, and even professional ornithologists will delight in this irreverent guide to looking, active, 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 birdwatcher without leaving the house

What to wear, where to go, and what equipment to take on your outing

Surefire tricks for figuring out which damn bird is which

The ins-and-outs of bird courtship and mating;  from one-night stands to lifelong devotion