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Birds Art Life Death: A Field Guide to the Small and Significant by Kyo Maclear

3 reviews

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

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4.0

 Birds Art Life Death focuses on a very different sort of birding. Going through a challenging time the author felt drawn to birds and shadows a birdwatcher for a year as he seeks out bird life within their city. This was quiet and contemplative, philosophical and meditative, looking not just at birds and the highs and lows of birding, but also at the human condition and the benefits of paying attention. Birding wise I enjoyed seeing the author’s skills develop and loved the message that there is plenty of nature to be seen in big cities and that we need to value that more. 
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emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

Pleasant reading experience and I did take some things away from it.

But I also realized that I enjoy looking at bird way more than reading about them. 
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4.5

I enjoyed this book! I didn't find it engaging in the sense that I had a very strong urge to go back to reading it, but I did find a lot of it super interesting and thought-provoking. It made me notice birds around me far more over the last few weeks, and it's just a lovely gentle little read. 
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