The Armchair Birder

This wasn't my normal type of book to read, but I really enjoyed it. I learned a lot about different birds and the author has an easy to read style that made it a fun book to curl up with on a cold Winter day.

He lives down South, but he covered many of the common birds that we also see on the East coast of Canada; the robin, crow, chickadee, blue jay and many others.

Most birding books look at the exotic birds birders find. John Yow focuses on the familiar birds in our backyards. My favorites are birds I see in my own backyard, including the mourning dove, the eastern bluebird, northern mockingbird, northern cardinal, ruby-throated hummingbird, blue jay, Carolina chickadee, and the tufted titmouse.