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A review by melanie_reads
Red-Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park by Marie Winn
4.0
Coronavirus (update: Coronavirus + Rebellion 2020) book review #27 – 4 stars
With a mother and juvenile coopers hawks residing in a white pine tree in our yard this summer, I found this tale of love and life among red-tail hawks captivating.
The circle of life is cruel, but Winn does a fantastic job writing it without our human judgement. But then again, most of us are also meat-eaters with the luxury of averting our eyes … but that is another conversation entirely.
The one difficult characteristic I notice about dedicated bird watchers, however, is the obsessive nature of it. While I love a great bird sighting, I can’t imagine keeping lists and revolving my schedule around watching in the park (sayeth the woman who obsessively keeps track of the books she reads). To each their own.
With a mother and juvenile coopers hawks residing in a white pine tree in our yard this summer, I found this tale of love and life among red-tail hawks captivating.
The circle of life is cruel, but Winn does a fantastic job writing it without our human judgement. But then again, most of us are also meat-eaters with the luxury of averting our eyes … but that is another conversation entirely.
The one difficult characteristic I notice about dedicated bird watchers, however, is the obsessive nature of it. While I love a great bird sighting, I can’t imagine keeping lists and revolving my schedule around watching in the park (sayeth the woman who obsessively keeps track of the books she reads). To each their own.