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Birdwatchingwatching: One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds
by Alex Horne
Hardback.
Alex Horne's dad has always been a 'birder' - a birdwatcher, constantly
on the look-out for his next bird sighting. Alex wasn't so sure. But,
determined to get to know his father better, Alex challenged him to a
competitive Big Year: from January 1st to December 31st 2006, they would
each attempt to see as many species of bird as possible, governed by
the basic rules of birdwatching, plus a couple of their own: the birds
had to be wild, free and alive; they had to actually see the birds; and
they could travel anywhere in the world to do it. The one who saw the
most birds over the course of 365 days would be declared the winner.
Along the way, Alex would try to finally understand why his dad did what
he did, and perhaps even 'get into' birdwatching himself.
Following
their year-long quest from Alex's first bird sighting at home to
birding breaks in Romania, a stag-weekend spent twitching in Wales and a
penguin-spotting trip to South Africa, this is the charming and
hilarious story of a father and son, of manliness, obsessive behaviour,
families and friendship. It's also the story of birdwatching told from
the outsider's point of view, celebrating the eccentricities of two very
different species
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