by Pete Dunne illustrated by David Sibley introduction by Roger Tory Peterson
University of Texas Press, 1994 Paper: 978-0-292-71574-5
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Tales of a Low-Rent Birder is a collection of nineteen essays and sketches written between 1977 and 1985. It was originally published in 1986.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Pete Dunne is director of natural history information for the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory in Cape May Point, New Jersey. A widely published writer on birding, he is also author of The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year and Hawks in Flight.
REVIEWS
In these tales about birds, birding, and birders, Dunne has captured many of the feelings that make birding special.... Almost any ornithologist or naturalist would enjoy this book.