David Lindo

I like this one the best of his three books so far. The first book concentrated on how he became the Urban Birder. The second was about birding in various cities around the world. This book insists that you, too, can be an urban birder. The great thing about David Lindo, both in his books and in person, is that he never makes you feel small. Yes, his enthusiasm leads him to recommend things that just aren't in my range, but in the next paragraph he will be just as enthusiastic about the show more things I can (and do) enjoy. Just watching the birds who come to our feeders, just using my binoculars to follow a bee eater in flight. I'm never going to sort through a group of gulls to try and see a rare one. They are sea gulls, and that is as close an identification as I care to make. But they are all lovely in flight, if not when squabbling around a pile of garbage.

So remember to look up while walking through the city. show less

Look, I know [[David Lindo]] is fascinating in person. I know he can write. I gave his other book 4 1/2 stars. But Tales from concrete jungles is just plain boring. Each city is just two or three pages listing the birds he saw there and birds he could have seen there if he had hit the day and weather right. Gave up half way through - and would have quit earlier if I hadn't met him and read the other book.

I'm not familiar with this TV star. He's not much of a writer, there are better birders/writers out there. But that's ok, the book works, if you're interesting in birding, especially in the UK.

Vlieg. Tekst: David Lindo. Illustraties: Sara Boccaccini Meadows.

Oh, de prachtige vogelboeken blijven ons om de oren vliegen (pun intended); zo tof. Ik hou van vogels, ik hou van boeken; de combinatie vind ik helemaal geweldig!

In Vlieg worden we betoverd door de magie van onze gevederde vrienden; wat we beter kennen daar gaan we meer van houden én daardoor hopelijk beter beschermen.

Dit boek laat ons kennis maken met een aantal vogels die een speciale gave hebben. Elk van hen krijgt een show more boeiend en mooi portret in woord en beeld. Op de volgende pagina wordt meer uitleg gegeven over die gave of eigenschap (bijvoorbeeld migratie, speciale poten..), voorbeelden van andere vogels wereldwijd en soms ook wat mythologische informatie.

Elk boek over vogels heeft zijn eigen opbouw en manier om kennis over te brengen. Toch steekt Vlieg er bovenuit: door de prachtige tekeningen, de toffe weetjes en de keuze van vogels.
Het is een boek om van te houden, te blijven koesteren, ongeacht je leeftijd. Laat je betoveren en help mee om onze gevederde vrienden te beschermen; wordt bijvoorbeeld lid van De Vogelbescherming. show less