A review by incrediblefran
A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird by Rosemary Mosco

funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

A charming, fun read that did a great deal for my opinion on pigeons! I already suspected that the “rats with wings” description was probably unfair to them, and it is. This book is filled with enthusiasm for them.

I wish the book had been a little more informative, really. There’s information given about the impact of pigeons through history, why they live everywhere, how they’ve interbred, etc. but all of it is a little too thin, and while I appreciate a quick, easy writing style I would have liked it to be less cute and to have gone a bit deeper in places. Perhaps the intended readership is younger?

That said, I think the book did its job: I came away from it with a new appreciation for pigeons, and I have already started spotting the different feather patterns in the ones that visit my garden.