The Bluebird Effect

Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds

Zickefoose, Julie (Book - - 2012)

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Julie Zickefoose lives for the moment when a wild, free living bird that she has raised or rehabilitated comes back to visit her; their eyes meet and they share a spark of understanding. Her reward for the grueling work of rescuing birds--such as feeding baby hummingbirds every twenty minutes all day long--is her empathy with them and the satisfaction of knowing the world is a birdier and more beautiful place. The Bluebird Effect is about the change that's set in motion by one single act, such as saving an injured bluebird--or a hummingbird, swift, or phoebe. Each of the twenty five chapters covers a different species, and many depict an individual bird, each with its own personality, habits, and quirks. And each chapter is illustrated with Zickefoose's stunning watercolor paintings and drawings. Not just individual tales about the trials and triumphs of raising birds, The Bluebird Effect mixes humor, natural history, and memoir to give readers an intimate story of a life lived among wild birds.

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Authors: Zickefoose, Julie

Statement of Responsibility: Julie Zickefoose

Title: The bluebird effect
uncommon bonds with common birds

Publisher: Boston :, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,, 2012.

Characteristics: xxiv, 355 p. :,ill. (some col.) ;,21 cm.

Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Spring songbirds : peeking into the nest. The bluebird effect ; Tree swallow : the early bird wins my heart ; Speaking of starlings ; Chickadee : tough tit ; Barn swallow : old friends and eggshells ; Carolina wren : kitchen sink ornithology
Summer work : drawing, raising, and saving birds. Hummingbird summer ; Osprey : hooked by round talons ; Nobody can cuss like a titmouse ; Chimney swift : high-maintenance aerialist ; Rose-breasted grosbeak : close encounters of the bird kind ; Scarlet tanager : a voice in the canopy ; The summer of phoebes ; Piping plover and least tern : you do what you must
Autumnal reflections : pondering the imponderable. The strange case of the companionable grouse ; White-throated sparrow : the song in my heart ; Savannah sparrow : forever wild ; Orchard oriole : I know why the caged bird flutters ; Touched by a redtail ; Ivory-billed woodpecker : not saying goodbye
Winter musings : birds we feed, birds that feed us. Love and death among the cranes ; Mourning dove : the meatiest songbird ; Northern cardinal : stoking the red fire ; Turkey vulture : the unlikely totem ; Chestnut-fronted macaw : first comes love
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Subject Headings: Birds Behavior United States Anecdotes.
Bird watching United States Anecdotes.
Birds Wounds and injuries Treatment Anecdotes.
Wildlife rehabilitation United States Anecdotes.
Human-animal relationships Anecdotes.
Zickefoose, Julie Anecdotes.
Naturalists United States Anecdotes.
Wildlife rehabilitators United States Anecdotes.
Birds United States Pictorial works.

Topical Term: Birds
Bird watching
Birds
Wildlife rehabilitation
Human-animal relationships
Naturalists
Wildlife rehabilitators
Birds

LCCN: 2011036692

ISBN: 9780547003092
0547003099

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