What the Robin Knows

In some ways very accessible; for example how he uses his own real-life experiences to illustrate most (all?) of the things he is trying to explain, and providing drawings to show the different movements birds may make. In other ways this book was out of my league because I'm so new to bird watching - I only know 3 or 4 of the birds he talked about!

Even for a newbie like me there was good stuff to absorb, especially about one's conduct when moving through an environment. N and I have often complained that Germany seems to have a dearth of birds and mammals in her woods, but now that I've read about the bird plow I can see the truth of the matter. After reading the book I now understand the concept of bird language, and using the Appendix's practical suggestions I've formed a plan on how to proceed from here. I think that after making some progress on identifying bird calls I'll come back to this book, and I expect I'll find much more of the author's advice and observations useful and meaningful.