What are you currently reading?

just finisht
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik
the relal life story of thre men doing americakan birding big year in the us.
it was fun to compare it to the movie and see what storys the movie made up/ dropt from the bok.
last year i read kingbird highway by ken kaufman. who as an 19 year old did a big year by only hichhiking. alos recomend this book
so keping the tradition fo reding a none fildguide ish bird book every year. what shod i read now?
 
carl the birder said:
just finisht
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik
the relal life story of thre men doing americakan birding big year in the us.
it was fun to compare it to the movie and see what storys the movie made up/ dropt from the bok.
last year i read kingbird highway by ken kaufman. who as an 19 year old did a big year by only hichhiking. alos recomend this book
so keping the tradition fo reding a none fildguide ish bird book every year. what shod i read now?
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I recently started The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World. It's about some bird watchers who go in search of the Nechisar Nightjar which at the time was only known from a wing discovered at the side of a road. The writing is overly ornate in places but I'm enjoying it so far, if you like bird / travel books you might want to give it a go.
 
I have finally got around to reading A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold. I had a nice long train journey a few days ago that enabled me to get about halfway through- I'm now most of the way through the books second section, 'Sketches here and there'. Though not an particularly long read it's easy to understand why it's considered such a cornerstone of environmental writing and conservation.
 
I've recently been reading The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent and Think by Jennifer Ackerman. I have not finished it yet, but what I've read so far I have very much enjoyed.
 
DaLilFishie said:
I've recently been reading The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent and Think by Jennifer Ackerman. I have not finished it yet, but what I've read so far I have very much enjoyed.
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Did you read The Genius of Birds first?
 
I am currently reading Sinagote, the biography of a spoonbill by Theunis Piersma, Petra de Goeij, Willem Bouten and Carl Zuhorn. The book tells the story of a Eurasian spoonbill female named Sinagote, born on the island of Vlieland in the Dutch Wadden Sea, and also gives a lot of infomation about Eurasian spoonbills in general. I would recommend it for people who are interested in (migratory) European birds.
 
Lads Before the Wind: Diary of a Dolphin Trainer by Karen Pyror. The book provides a comprehensive account of the development of Sea Life Park and of the management of captive cetaceans, whilst also having plenty of useful information on clicker training from its pioneer. Well worth a read for anyone interested in either or both of those fields.
 
In the last year I have finished:
Mahlangeni by Kobie Kruger
All things Wild and Wonderful by Kobie Kruger
Game Ranger Remembers by Bruce Bryden
Shaping Kruger by Mitch Reardon
Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Africa in the Footsteps of Great Explorers by Kingsley Holgate
1984 by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Holes by Louis Sachar
And Currently, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
 
Reading has not been something I’ve done (at least out of my own personal enjoyment) in the past five years, but the past month has allowed me the opportunity to read the following books and enjoy:

How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (2015) by Beth Shapiro
Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink (2009) by Ben Shapiro
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother (1995) by James McBride
 
birdsandbats said:
I do recommend reading that book too, though you certainly don't have to read it first.
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I found it! My local library had a copy of The Genius of Birds, so I've borrowed it out. Just started reading it, but I've been very much enjoying it so far. Thanks for your recommendation!
 
I recently started reading the Dutch translation of "Owls of the Eastern Ice - A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl" by Jonathan C Slaght, a book I actually picked up in the gift shop at Planckendael.
 
Tim May said:
I am currently reading three zoo books; two recent publications and one hundred-and-thirty year old classic:

The Zoos of Great Britain and Ireland (John Tuson; 2022)

Zooscape 2020: Sheridan's Handbook of Zoos in Europe 2015 -2030 (Anthony Sheridan & Alex Rubel; 2022)

A Hand-book of the Management of Animals in Captivity in Lower Bengal (Ram Bramha Sanyal; 1892)
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Not a zoo book this time but nevertheless a zoology book; I'm currently reading:

How Giraffes Work (Graham Mitchell; 2021)
 
I have now almost finished The largest avian radiation by Jon Fjeldsa, Les Christidis and Per Ericson.That really is a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in taxonomy, biogeography, birds or all combined. It is almost out of stock, but I would highly recommend it. It is not easy writing, but well worth it and apparently almost sold out...
 
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