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Nature.
Travel.
Nonfiction.
HTML:A classic in the making ?? an account of the biggest year in birdwatching history.
In the USA, some 50 million people lay claim to being bird-watchers or ??birders,? spending billions of dollars on birding-related travel and membership fees every year. A select, and utterly obsessed, few compete in one of the world??s quirkiest contests ?? the race to spot the most species in North America in a single year. And 1998 wasn??t just a big year. It was the biggest. The Big Year is Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Obmascik??s account of what was to become the greatest birding year of all time.
It was freak weather conditions that ensured all previous records were broken, but what becomes clear within the pages of this classic portrait of obsession is that while our feathered friends may be the objective of the Big Year competition, it??s the curious activities and behavioural patterns of the pursuing ??homo sapiens? that are the real cause for concern. It is a contest that reveals much of the human character in extremes. Such are the author??s powers of observation that he brilliantly brings to life and gets under the skin of these extraordinary, eccentric and obsessive birders while empathizing with and eventually succumbing to the all-consuming nature of their obsession. The result is a wonderfully funny, acutely observed classic to rank a… (més)
janetteG: A humorous book about a birding competition in East Africa, with a little environmental politics and and a quirky love story. A well written, happy book.
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Overall, I found this a bit dissapointing. I'm not all that interested in the competitive bird spotting aspects of the Big Year, I'm fine to just watch the birds in my backyard or out on a walk, so the drive to what seems like heights of misery was hard for me to understand. The birders themselves were a mixed bag as well, with Komito being someone I would probably not be able to stand for more than a few seconds. Miller and Levantin seemed more interested in the birding but I think my biggest complaint is it was very little about the joy of seeing a lovely bird and more about the joy of the hunt for it and the joy of success at finding it. I think it could have had a different approach and been a better book.
This book was an unexpected find. The tale of 3 different men who tried to find as many kinds of birds within one calendar year as possible was a great read. It brought back memories of an uncle in our family who would try and see as many different kinds of birds all over the world as possible. He even dragged our 2 daughters through the Arizona Desert after a wedding reception to find "missing" birds. ( )
An entertaining read about the true story of three die-hard birders on their Big Year. The non-fiction book reads like fiction, for the most part. While it is not Pulitzer prize writing, it is humourous and engaging, easy to get into and see through to the conclusion. A great insight on the world of birders and the competitive side of non-athletes. ( )
I never would have thought that a story about obsessed men searching for birds for could be so engrossing. I couldn’t put this one down and only “adult” obligations kept me from reading it in one sitting. I found myself rooting for the underdog, who did not have the financial resources of the other two men to drop everything and fly cross-country to see a rare bird… while simultaneously acknowledging that I would do something extreme to my husband were he to run up tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt to do the same. ( )
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès.Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
To Merrill
Primeres paraules
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès.Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
Sandy Komito was ready.
Citacions
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès.Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
When the phone was finally answered at his parent’s home, Miller remembered the one other complication: at the Bank of Dad, the chief loan officer was his mother.
Darreres paraules
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès.Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
The next morning would be a new year, and he was rising before dawn to go birding.
Nature.
Travel.
Nonfiction.
HTML:A classic in the making ?? an account of the biggest year in birdwatching history.
In the USA, some 50 million people lay claim to being bird-watchers or ??birders,? spending billions of dollars on birding-related travel and membership fees every year. A select, and utterly obsessed, few compete in one of the world??s quirkiest contests ?? the race to spot the most species in North America in a single year. And 1998 wasn??t just a big year. It was the biggest. The Big Year is Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Obmascik??s account of what was to become the greatest birding year of all time.
It was freak weather conditions that ensured all previous records were broken, but what becomes clear within the pages of this classic portrait of obsession is that while our feathered friends may be the objective of the Big Year competition, it??s the curious activities and behavioural patterns of the pursuing ??homo sapiens? that are the real cause for concern. It is a contest that reveals much of the human character in extremes. Such are the author??s powers of observation that he brilliantly brings to life and gets under the skin of these extraordinary, eccentric and obsessive birders while empathizing with and eventually succumbing to the all-consuming nature of their obsession. The result is a wonderfully funny, acutely observed classic to rank a
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