Bird Talk

Hilariously Accurate Ways to Identify Birds by the Sounds They Make

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Pub Date 24 Jun 2025 | Archive Date 24 Jun 2025
Storey Publishing | Storey Publishing, LLC

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Description

A hilarious, informative, and vibrantly illustrated guide to 101 bird songs that sound surprisingly familiar.

Have you ever gone for a walk in the woods and wondered what bird was making a sound like a siren going off, or somebody revving a chainsaw engine—or sneezing? Do you hear birds every day, in the park or your neighborhood, but never know quite what you are listening to?   

Birds are singing all around us, and author and illustrator Becca Rowland, aka Girl in White Glasses, connects the dots between their songs and the birds who make them, helping you to easily identify and remember their calls. Combining illustrations of common and rare birds with fascinating facts and whimsical descriptions of their calls, this book is full of humor and charm. 

From space lasers to cheeseburgers, Bird Talk introduces you to the weird and wonderful world of bird songs.
A hilarious, informative, and vibrantly illustrated guide to 101 bird songs that sound surprisingly familiar.

Have you ever gone for a walk in the woods and wondered what bird was making a sound like...

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ISBN 9781635869231
PRICE US$16.99 (USD)
PAGES 256

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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.

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