Bird names (2 Viewers)

[Andy Adcock]

Here's a topical tome.

The Vanishing Mew Gull: A Guide to the Bird Names of the Western Palaearctic

Buy The Vanishing Mew Gull (9781784274627): A Guide to the Bird Names of the Western Palaearctic: NHBS - Ray Reedman, Pelagic Publishing

www.nhbs.com

 

[Andy Adcock]

And here's another on an increasingly, familiar theme.

'The flaws of field guides across decades prove that this is a feminist issue. '

and

'The nightjar's churring brings on unease at racism and privilege dividing nature lovers, past and present. The skin of a Palestine sunbird provokes concern at the colonial origins of ornithology.'

Birdsplaining: A Natural History

Buy Birdsplaining (9781913830168): A Natural History: NHBS - Jasmine Donahaye, New Welsh Rarebyte

www.nhbs.com

Not one that will be gracing my shelves.