{"product_id":"bird-talk-hilariously-accurate-ways-to-identify-birds-by-the-sounds-they-make","title":"Bird Talk: Hilariously Accurate Ways to Identify Birds by the Sounds They Make","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecca Rowland\u003c\/b\u003e, an artist and writer from Nova Scotia, Canada, draws inspiration from her mum's knack for identifying birds by their sounds. Having explored all seven continents and lived on four, Rowland's art reflects her fascination with the diverse birds she has seen worldwide. Find her on Instagram and TikTok: @girlinwhiteglasses. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Squeaky whiteboard? American Kestrel. Ripping your pants? The hiss of a Turkey Vulture. Charming drawings and humorous yet genuinely helpful comparisons make Becca Rowland's \n\u003ci\u003eBird Talk\u003c\/i\u003e a playful introduction to identifying birds by ear.\" --\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudubon magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Part informational guide, part artistic comic, this unique read is sure to make readers laugh while learning and is perfect for budding birders and longtime enthusiasts alike.\"--\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Birds are constantly making sounds; most of these are pleasant and enjoyable, so much so that humans often tune them out of their active consciousness. However, once in a while, one of these sounds is different enough from the usual that it inspires a nearby human to begin to think about it and perhaps try to identify or classify it with something familiar. In this work, Rowland, an active bird lover, writer, and illustrator, identifies over 100 such unusual, attention-getting bird sounds and compares them to sounds that human beings might be able to more readily identify with, including sneezes, chain saws, sirens, machine guns, squeaky whiteboards, or a pair of pants as they rip accidentally. Rowland organizes these sounds into reasonably logical chapters and fills them with her own lively illustrations--all with a humor that makes this work entirely memorable. VERDICT Rowland's book will appeal to, inform, and entertain bird watchers of all kinds and ages.\"--\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In \n\u003ci\u003eBird Talk, \u003c\/i\u003eBecca Rowland perfectly captures the wonderful absurdity of the tiny, flying dinosaurs in our backyards. It's funny, its drawings playful and lush, and it helped me identify the Eurasian blue tit. Like the best books about nature, \n\u003ci\u003eBird\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTalk\u003c\/i\u003e made me stop and look...and laugh.\" --\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNavied Mahdavian, New Yorker Cartoonist and author of This Country\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIntroduction: If It Sounds Like... \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWe Can't Help It If We're Popular: Some of Your Basic Birds\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Great Blue Heron \n\u003cbr\u003e Northern Cardinal \n\u003cbr\u003e Great-Tailed Grackle \n\u003cbr\u003e Common Grackle \n\u003cbr\u003e American Robin \n\u003cbr\u003e Blue Jay \n\u003cbr\u003e American White Pelican \n\u003cbr\u003e American Crow \n\u003cbr\u003e Fish Crow \n\u003cbr\u003e Common Raven \n\u003cbr\u003e Common Raven vs. American Crow \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIt Doesn't Mean What You Think: Birds with Suggestive Names\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Coal Tit \n\u003cbr\u003e Tufted Titmouse \n\u003cbr\u003e Eurasian Blue Tit \n\u003cbr\u003e Black-Capped Chickadee \n\u003cbr\u003e Great Tit \n\u003cbr\u003e Long-Tailed Tit \n\u003cbr\u003e Red-Breasted Nuthatch \n\u003cbr\u003e Blue-Footed Booby \n\u003cbr\u003e The Seven Kinds of Chickadees \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSomeone Has to Play the Villain: Scavengers and Predators\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e American Kestrel \n\u003cbr\u003e Turkey Vulture \n\u003cbr\u003e Black Vulture \n\u003cbr\u003e Shoebill \n\u003cbr\u003e Little Penguin \n\u003cbr\u003e Red-Tailed Hawk \n\u003cbr\u003e Bald Eagle \n\u003cbr\u003e Birds of Prey \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDo You Have a Towel? Birds That Love the Water\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Double-Crested Cormorant \n\u003cbr\u003e Magpie Lark \n\u003cbr\u003e Brown-Headed Cowbird \n\u003cbr\u003e Common Eider \n\u003cbr\u003e Wedge-Tailed Shearwater \n\u003cbr\u003e Trumpeter Swan \n\u003cbr\u003e Weka \n\u003cbr\u003e Ruddy Turnstone \n\u003cbr\u003e Green Kingfisher \n\u003cbr\u003e Brant \n\u003cbr\u003e Northern Shoveler \n\u003cbr\u003e Nest Sweet Nest \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWho? I Think You Mean Whom: Let's Talk About Owls\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Barn Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e Tawny Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e Snowy Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e Long-Eared Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e African Wood Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e Burrowing Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e Barred Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e Northern Saw-Whet Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e Western Screech Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e Eastern Screech Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e Owls: Not Just for Fantasy Novels \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHa Ha! Fooled You Again: Birds That Sound like Other Animals\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e African Penguin \n\u003cbr\u003e Barking Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e American Bittern \n\u003cbr\u003e Green Catbird \n\u003cbr\u003e Canada Jay \n\u003cbr\u003e Little Owl \n\u003cbr\u003e Canada Goose \n\u003cbr\u003e Gray Catbird \n\u003cbr\u003e Your Bird Zodiac \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNot from Around These Parts: Birds Not from North America\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Cape Sparrow \n\u003cbr\u003e North Island Kōkako \n\u003cbr\u003e Common Cuckoo \n\u003cbr\u003e Morepork Owl\/Ruru \n\u003cbr\u003e African Gray Hornbill \n\u003cbr\u003e Bell Miner \n\u003cbr\u003e Purple-Backed Fairywren \n\u003cbr\u003e White-Browed Coucal \n\u003cbr\u003e Australian King Parrot \n\u003cbr\u003e Korimako \n\u003cbr\u003e We Owe Pigeons an Apology \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHuman Is as Human Does: Birds That Sound like Us\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Dusky Grouse \n\u003cbr\u003e Resplendent Quetzal \n\u003cbr\u003e Brown-Headed Nuthatch \n\u003cbr\u003e Ovenbird \n\u003cbr\u003e Eastern Whip-Poor-Will \n\u003cbr\u003e Kookaburra \n\u003cbr\u003e Peacock \n\u003cbr\u003e Common Potoo \n\u003cbr\u003e California Quail \n\u003cbr\u003e Northern Bobwhite \n\u003cbr\u003e Eastern Whipbird \n\u003cbr\u003e Eggs: Every Bird Starts Somewhere \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCome Here Often? Birds That Travel and Those That Don't\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Upland Sandpiper \n\u003cbr\u003e Whooping Crane \n\u003cbr\u003e Sandhill Crane \n\u003cbr\u003e Snowy Egret \n\u003cbr\u003e Northern Flicker \n\u003cbr\u003e Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker \n\u003cbr\u003e Gray Flycatcher \n\u003cbr\u003e Killdeer \n\u003cbr\u003e Comb-Crested Jacana \n\u003cbr\u003e Willow Ptarmigan \n\u003cbr\u003e Atlantic Puffin \n\u003cbr\u003e European Starling \n\u003cbr\u003e Gunnison Sage Grouse \n\u003cbr\u003e Migration: Should I Stay or Should I Go? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCacophony, Commotion, and Clarity: Birds with Unique Sounds\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e Common Loon \n\u003cbr\u003e Mourning Dove \n\u003cbr\u003e Yellow Rail \n\u003cbr\u003e Australian Magpie \n\u003cbr\u003e Purple Martin \n\u003cbr\u003e Rock Wren \n\u003cbr\u003e Rhinoceros Auklet \n\u003cbr\u003e White-Throated Sparrow \n\u003cbr\u003e Bobolink \n\u003cbr\u003e Swainson's Thrush \n\u003cbr\u003e White Bellbird \n\u003cbr\u003e Northern Mockingbird \n\u003cbr\u003e Can You Keep It Down? Loud Birds \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Resources \n\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA hilarious, informative, and vibrantly illustrated guide to 101 bird songs that sound surprisingly familiar.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Have you ever gone for a walk in the woods and wondered what bird was making a sound like a siren going off, or somebody revving a chainsaw engine--or sneezing? Do you hear birds every day, in the park or your neighborhood, but never know quite what you are listening to? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Birds are singing all around us, and author and illustrator Becca Rowland, aka Girl in White Glasses, connects the dots between their songs and the birds who make them, helping you to easily identify and remember their calls. Combining illustrations of common and rare birds with fascinating facts and whimsical descriptions of their calls, this book is full of humor and charm. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From space lasers to cheeseburgers, \n\u003ci\u003eBird Talk \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces you to the weird and wonderful world of bird songs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/18\/2025 pg. 1 (EAN 9781635869231, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/27\/2025 (EAN 9781635869231, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowland, Becca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Storey Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2025-06-24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Nature \/ Animals \/ Birds|Humor \/ Topic \/ Animals|Nature \/ Ecology|Nature \/ Birdwatching Guides\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Birds|Vocalization|Birdsongs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.8 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635869231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781635869231\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52911126249753,"sku":"SP-9781635869231","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9781635869231_spiral.png?v=1785316186","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/bird-talk-hilariously-accurate-ways-to-identify-birds-by-the-sounds-they-make","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}