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| Birds of a Feather: Tales of a Wild Bird Haven | 
| Author: Linda Johns
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 890732
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 265
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0864924305
Dewey Decimal Number: 639.978092
EAN: 9780864924308
ASIN: 0864924305
Publication Date: April 15, 2005
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Product Description
Well-known naturalist and artist Linda Johns shares her woodland home with a menagerie of injured wild birds -- starlings, blue jays, pigeons, baby woodpeckers, a rose-breasted grosbeak, a semi-palmated sandpiper, and even a gannet. She and her "saner half," Mack, have gone so far as to transform their living room into an indoor forest, complete with two dead trees providing a variety of perches and a screened porch making do as a practise flyway. Johns nurses her feathered convalescents day and night, helping them to drink and bathe and hunt, and gaining deep insights into their highly individual personalities. Most she attempts to release back into the wild but a few, inevitably, move in to stay. Birds of a Feather: Tales of a Wild Bird Haven is a warm and funny account of eight months -- from May to December -- in the life of this caring wildlife rescuer. Fans of Johns's earlier wildlife books will relish her humorous descriptions of the antics of such irresistible characters as Blossom, the media-savvy chicken, and the goats Mower and Munch. Enhanced by line drawings of her avian housemates, this delightful collection of anecdotes in the tradition of James Herriot and Farley Mowat celebrates some of Nature's smallest and most awe-inspiring miracles.
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| Customer Reviews:
CUTE!!!! July 21, 2008
To put is simply, this is a must for nature lovers...birds, in particular! Adventures of our feathered friends always makes for a fun read.
BIRD LOVERS DELIGHT April 5, 2008
To anyone who loves animals, but especially birds, this is a wonderful book. I've been trying to locate the author's other books since Amazon recommended this one. The reference function that Amazon provides has been very helpful; I've found several books I didn't know about through that. The humor and love shine with every chapter and you won't be sorry you bought it. Dee
Heartwarming and highly recommended for bird lovers especially September 5, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Black-and-white photographs illustrate Birds Of A Feather: Tales Of A Wild Bird Haven, which tells true-life stories of award-winning author Linda Johns' experiences rehabilitating wild birds. From raising a chick to its first feathers to taking in a badly injured mother duck and her children to learning how to write with a pigeon on one's arm, Birds Of A Feather gives an unabashed look at the ups, downs, special joys and sad tragedies of caring for feathered friends in need day in and day out. Heartwarming and highly recommended for bird lovers especially.
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