Birders: Tales of a Tribe - Softcover

"A delight, exuberant and fascinating...The birds are amazing; the birders are insance....An enchanting book." "Endearing...Between the layers of fascinating facts, the author weaves a narrative that moves from the comic to the poignant and the tragic." "Witty fun...Cocker tells of many devoted gazers with their own obsessions and their own bird discoveries." "Engagning...The writing is not only alive and funny, but also often beautiful...Cocker artfully relates the stories of many of his fellow tribe members, stories filled with strange and sometimes tragic incidenst....Commendable.

Journalist Cocker is a member of a community of fanatics who watch birds. Now he offers what "The Baltimore Sun" calls "the most graceful, respectful and technically rich book on [this] fascination."