The Sibley’s Under the Wood Stove

January 8, 2014 · by Janet Weeks | in Book Reviews | tagged Anselm Atkins, Bird Watcher's Digest, birding, birds, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Charles Seabrook, Common Birds of Atlanta, David Allen Sibley, Fernbank Science Center, field guides, Jack B. Kochan, Jim Wilson, John Muir Laws, Julie Zickefoose, Roger Tory Peterson | 8 Comments

Why David Allen Sibley‘s wonderful 2000 The Sibley Guide to Birds is under the wood stove is not a long story. It was in the trunk of my car, and the trunk leaked. Perhaps the interesting part about this situation is that both my husband and I rushed to dry out the Sibley, but we […]

The Bluebird Effect–Part Two

March 25, 2013 · by Janet Weeks | in Book Reviews | tagged Arnie the Darling Starling, Bird Watcher's Digest, birding, birdwatching, Julie Zickefoose, The Bluebird Effect, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, Wesley the Owl, wild bird rescue | 6 Comments

In Part One, I introduced Julie Zickefoose, writer and artist, whose new book The Bluebird Effect is now one of my favorites. In this earlier installment, I discussed Zickefoose’s rescue of a starving Turkey Vulture and mothering infant hummingbirds to fledglings. Zickefoose saves her most poignant chapters for last, as discussed below. Julie Zickefoose saves […]

The Bluebird Effect–Part One

March 24, 2013 · by Janet Weeks | in Book Reviews | tagged Bird Watcher's Digest, birding, birdwatching, Julie Zickefoose, The Bluebird Effect, wild bird rescue | 1 Comment

Julie Zickefoose‘s husband is an editor of Bird Watcher’s Digest, a magazine I have enjoyed for several years and which I give to friends who enjoy birdwatching. Julie has written articles for the digest and has contributed many paintings and drawings to it. When I read that she had recently published The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with […]