| Birders | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark Cocker
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 129263
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0099289547
Dewey Decimal Number: 598
EAN: 9780099289548
ASIN: 0099289547
Publication Date: September 5, 2002
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 Wonderful read April 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mark Cocker is a birder. He's not a birdwatcher (fans of Simon Barnes, please note) or a dude or a robin-stroker, he's a birder. If you don't understand this, then get the book. It is about those who would climb the walls of Castle Dracula with bleeding hands before dawn to get in a good position for a Wallcreeper when the sun comes up. It is authoritative, honest, fascinating and very moving. As an energetic, but not particularly adventurous birder, it made me feel empathic with those of the tribe who would twitch anywhere or crawl up the arse-end of nowhere to get a Satyr Tragopan. Buy it, read it and lend it out. It preaches and converts. I have no ulterior motive in this advocacy; the author is not a friend of mine, but I wish he was. I'd really like to go birding with him and his mates; not sure I'm up to it though.
Birders - fun and factual September 11, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
A book which converted me from apathy to enthusiasm, written in a deceptively relaxed style, it brought smiles, even tears, but best of all a delight in birds which has given me a great deal of pleasure. I have re-read it several times and still enjoy it.ISBN 0099289547 Birders : Mark Cocker
 Captures very little of the magic of birding December 7, 2002
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I love bird-watching and have spent many happy hours around the world behind a pair of binoculars but this book captures very little of the joy I get from watching birds. Yes it's occasionally funny and occasionally well written but most of the time it consists of little more than the birder equivalent of name dropping. I came away with a strong feeling that birding is a clique of people who feel that they are the only people who know what real birding is.
A twitchers' fables for armchair moments October 7, 2001
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book will sell thousands of copies because apart from dear Bill nobody has actually written much about birding and bird watchers in book form. Much of the material revolves around Cockers' friends and aquantances as well as his own experiences and travels. The writing is beautiful however and captures the books point with its style - that birding is a spiritual and a deeply personal activity. Yes there are friends, clubs, trips, equipment but in the end it comes down to moments composed of "you, the bird and the light".More of the same please from more of us - thank you Mr Cocker.
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