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1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know: Tips and Trivia for the Backyard and Beyond | Sharon Stiteler

In the 70‘s today. A day to be outside in nature! #daffodils #hyacythscyllia #magnolia #RobertTree #birdsong

BooksandCoffee4Me Yes!! First day of sun here in 5 days meant reading in the backyard. 😊 5d

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BooksandCoffee4Me @kspenmoll It‘s improving in terms of movement. I‘m just super tired and in pain because sleeping has been difficult. Thanks for asking. 💛 5d

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kspenmoll @BooksandCoffee4Me My sister had similar surgery last June. It‘s a personal challenge to be patient with healing! 5d

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The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

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A birthday present from my Mom who taught me to love birdwatching, this is a lovely memoir, nature observation, artwork filled book. The birds are west coast species which reminded me of my years in Utah. Tan‘s imagination comes through too. A restful book. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

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bibliothecarivs I'm in Utah. When did you live here? Was it for work? 7d

Lcsmcat @bibliothecarivs We lived there from ‘88 to 2011. My husband was in the Utah Symphony. I miss the mountains! 6d

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CoffeeNBooks

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

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Amy Tan's illustrations are beautiful, and her notes about her observations of the birds that visit her yard are so interesting! She also includes some information that she's learned from expert birders. Unfortunately not all of her observations are happy, and it makes me sad to think of birds getting ill and being in distress, but I guess that's part of nature, too.

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CoffeeNBooks

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

This is exactly how I feel about the birds who visit my yard. 💛 Yesterday I saw mourning doves, crows, bluebirds, mockingbirds, and chipping sparrows. Today I watched red-shouldered hawks soaring above the trees.

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CoffeeNBooks

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

I'm so excited to start reading this! My mom got this for me for my birthday a few weeks ago. 🐦
Sunday morning #coffeeandabook

Kristin_Reads Oh! This is a favorite of mine! The audio is also excellent. 2mo

Librariana Your whole setup is lovely! I've not read anything by Amy Tan other than "The Joy Luck Club", but I hope this is a wonderful addition to her titles and that you enjoy it! 2mo

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Robotswithpersonality

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

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Just a lovely time. Really all about one person's observations of the birds in her backyard. Wasn't sure what the tone would be from the preface, since it had a memoir feel, and mentioned her mother's repeated threats of self-harm, but the rest of the book is full of faithful reproductions of excerpted journal entries and truly gorgeous illustrations by the author.1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? While Covid-19 and wildfires are mentioned a few times, it really isn't a story of the author's life outside interactions with birds. Sadly, this comes with the reality that certain birds are sick, injured or die. Overall, it has an endlessly appreciative, curious, pleasant tone. 2mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? I can't say it made me eager to go out and explore this author's fiction offerings, but certainly it should be taken into account that reading one author's first hand, casual non-fiction is not the best way to assess that person's creative writing potential. 2mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/4 Side note: It was fun to recognize the overlap in bird species I see at my own feeder, and identify with some of the reactions to observed behaviors.
⚠️animal death 2mo

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Robotswithpersonality

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

Emotive! 😆

TheBookHippie I love owls. 2mo

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Soubhiville

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

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I have tried a few of Amy Tan‘s fiction books and didn‘t connect well with them. This journal and collection of drawings however was delightful!

She‘s an incredibly talented artist, and I found her observations and commentary on her backyard visitors funny and interesting. Highly recommend if you also like birdwatching or feeding your locals.

MemoirsForMe I‘m looking forward to reading this one even more now. 2mo

Hooked_on_books I have very little interest in birds and I loved this one! I found her so relatable and am very impressed with her drawings. 2mo

Eyelit I‘m just about to start this one! 😍 2mo

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Robotswithpersonality

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

Oof, the entry packs a punch, but the ending sentence really knocked me out.

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