This would be a great book for people who are just getting into the bird world. The book talks about some common bird in North America but also birds around the world you probably never see in person. While I was reading the book, I would highlight the bird on my tablet and use a search engine to hear the actual sound of the bird, which is pretty cool. While listening to the various bird, I would explore more details about the birds life. I loved the illustration and found the descriptions of the birds funny and delightful. Terrific book.

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"Bird Talk" was a funny, fast-paced read. I appreciate the information about each of the birds, and I had a really fun time looking up the birds and comparing them to the sounds described in the book.

Pretty fun read, even if you're like me and don't have a real connection to or interest in serious birding.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Rowland is incredibly witty and informative as she breaks down various birds and their sounds. I really enjoyed coming home after a stressful day and having a laugh. Also the illustrations are so cute and personable I loved them all.

I loved the colorful illustrations of each bird and of each and the easy to read descriptions of plumage, environment, and anything fun and extra

This is a beautiful book. I appreciated the gorgeous illustrations. The book was centred on American birds rather than UK or European. However there's a bit of an overlap. It's an interesting way of teaching bird calls without listening.

This was a great time! A whistle-stop tour of the birds of the world, categorised by what they sound like. Informative and hilarious at the same time, accompanied by delightful, and punny, illustrations that will make you smile! No need to be a twitcher to have a blast with this book!

This is a fun and quirky book for bird lovers. It includes ten sections with different categories like: “Birds with Unique Sounds”, “Birds That Sound like Other Animals” and “Birds That Sound like Us”. Each section includes a sampling of birds with corresponding sounds from every day life that the bird sounds like. I found myself looking up the birds sounds to see if a Red-breasted Nuthatch really did sound “like a truck beeping as it backs up”, it does. 😂

Fun illustrations accompany each page. Would make a great gift for the bird enthusiasts in your life.

There is a chapter called “It Doesn’t Mean What You Think: Birds with Suggestive Names” so a little adult humor there, in case parents are wondering.

Thank you to NetGalley and Storey Publishing for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

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A hilarious and also incredibly accurate reference book for common birds and identifying them! I actually laughed out loud multiple times while reading this. I don’t recommend reading on a Kindle though, the formatting was very wacky. Overall a great, quick, fun book! Would definitely keep this on display on a coffee table or shelf.

This was fun!
will i remember any of the noises and be able to identify any birds from now on? 100% no. BUT I loved this book, super light hearted, love the illustrations (even though the formatting is super messed up on a kindle), the explanations of birdsong were really cool and I loved the fun facts about different bird species around the world!! just a great little read.

Becca Rowland's Bird Talk is a funny, fast-paced read about birds and their calls. I have been a birder for 15 years and know many of the mnemonics that folks use to identify bird calls... however Rowland has many different ways to describe their calls using comparisons that I have never heard or thought of. She had me laughing out loud at some descriptions. Each entry has a brief description of the bird and a bit about where they are found intermixed with some humorous crack at the bird.

This book is a quick read and could easily be referred to over and over again. Interesting for birders...who don't take it all too seriously or are interested in learning different takes on beloved species.

Thank you to Storey Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC.

As someone who wants to improve their recognition of bird calls I thought this book gave some great and memorable ways of identifying species. How I wish this book came with the side panel of buttons found in the books of my childhood so I could hear the bird sounds as I read! It could be a great companion while you are learning.
I think this book would make for a fun gift to share with my bird-watching friends. While light-hearted and introductory, I believe this book would be best received by readers who are already involved in birding culture as they would appreciate the humor the most.

My thanks to NetGalley and publishers for a copy of “Bird Talk” for an honest review.

I was drawn to this book as I often wish I could recognise different bird calls.Unfortunately this book really catered for the American market , so the selection of birds that I might hear while out in my English garden was very limited !
It was a humorous take on the subject , and informative but not really of any use to me

If this was a handheld guide that I could carry around easily, I would 100% become a bird watcher! I can never tell the difference based on coloring or size...just like I can't do directions in East/West... I need things like, turn at the Home Depot....this bird book is PERFECT!!

Very cute book and from the bird noises I did know it was very accurate. The pictures were lovely and I liked the analogies. My partner liked it because I keep giggling. Thanks to NetGalley for the advance copy.

Bird Talk’s shtick could have gotten old super quickly. Fortunately, Becca Rowland filled each entry with her sarcastic wit, which made it much more readable. Some of the drawings had funny captions too. Still, I see this as more of a reference guide than a book that most people would read from beginning to end.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a free ARC. This review contains my honest, unbiased opinion.

In her debut book, Bird Talk, author Becca Rowland takes a fresh approach to identifying birds by the sounds they make. Instead of the phonetics seen in the majority of books around bird song, Rowland compares each bird to sounds you might hear in every day life – motorbikes, chain saws, sirens, etc, etc. The pages are brightened throughout with vibrant art work and illustrations.

The book has a North American focus, although there is a chapter on birds from the rest of the world – and they’re also scattered somewhat randomly through the rest of the book. I’m not entirely convinced by some of the comparisons the author uses. Personally, hearing a flock of blue tits pass by has never conjured up the sound of morse code to me, but each to their own.

Not a book that overly resonated with me, but a perfect by for any young nature fans in the family.

Thank you to NetGalley and Storey Publishers for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. As a bird watcher and lover, I felt this book was overdone and like it was trying to ride the coattails of The Dumb Birds of North America. Additionally, I didn't feel like the mix of birds from around the world was a good idea either.

Review to come around June on Blog/goodreads/other places.

I received this book from the publisher/Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

I just adore books about birds, birds are such wonderful creatures. And when I saw this book along with the subtitle: Hilariously Accurate Ways to Identify Birds by the Sounds They Make. I knew I had to request this book!

And I am glad I did, I laughed so much while reading. OK, there were a lot of birds that are only in the US, so I never heard them, but there were also plenty of birds that I did have in my Europe regions and at points I could only nod along and laugh. I love that this book, unlike many others, actually give you a relatable sound. No this bird does chirp cheep cheep and add a thrill to this part and a low bar there. Oh no, in this book we get to read about birds that make a sound that sounds like Cheeseburger. Which yeah, I guess if you hear that one you may think you gone crazy and wonder if that is the hunger talking or something else. But there are also many others, like swings creaking in the breeze. Or when you got that cough stuck in your body. Or car alarms. Or a leaky faucet. For each bird there is a sound. 

There are various sections with the birds in them that fit that section. From Basic Birds (which sound rude, but well is 100% true) to Birds that sounds like other animals (that penguin for instance) to Scavengers and many more. I really liked seeing what was in each section, but of course, the most important thing for me was, what is that sound?? And now I know that herons make chainsaw sounds, which makes me wonder if all the times I have heard chainsaws it was that bird, I mean, I have heard that sound in such weird times, haha. And I definitely need to listen to some tits, the ones we have around then, like the Eurasian Tit, I need to see if it really makes a noise like a morse code being send. There are so many birds that I would love to hear in real life, because I knew a few of these thanks to Youtube/TikTok, if only I was in America, oh wait, eww, no. Sorry Americans. Though I would also love to visit those in other regions. For now I guess I will just stick to Youtube/TikTok to get the sounds. I really had a lot of fun reading this one and seeing what birds make what sounds + get some more information on the bird. In a funny way. Because even with the relatable sound this could get a bit boring, but instead the book brings a lot more humour along and so I was just laughing hard and enjoying myself a lot, which is nice because I am writing this in February with a terrible flu. I could use some laughs.

Also found in those sections are small essays about facets of the bird. From eggs to nests to much more. I really liked that those were added as the broke the monotone of bird x sound it makes. They were just as interesting to read as the sounds so that is also fun.

The illustrations were just A-Plus. I loved the added text bubble to the bird and see what he had to say this time, which often made me laugh.

So, you need a laugh? You like birds? You want a guide that gives you an actual sound? Then be sure to check this one out!

This was a hilarious overview about the sounds that birds make. I thought the illustrations were well-done and added a fun touch. The information was very digestible and humorous while still being incredibly informative. I thought the birds as zodiac signs was a fun addition.
What makes this book is the humor. I originally requested this because I had the weirdest experience years ago and thought I was going crazy for thinking I was hearing a bird say "cheese-bur-ger." Glad to see I'm not crazy and there really is a bird that sounds like that!
I think the chapters were split up nicely, and this was a fun read for someone who's go-to genre is not non-fiction.