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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Tarte, Bob.
Title: Feather brained : my bumbling quest to become a birder and find a rare bird on my own / Bob Tarte.
Description: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015048912| ISBN 9780472119868 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780472121885 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Bird watchers—Anecdotes. | Bird watching—Anecdotes.
Classification: LCC QL677.5 .T285 2016 | DDC 598.072/34—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015048912
An excerpt from Keith Taylor’s poem “Chasing the Ancient Murrelet” from his book The Ancient Murrelet is used with kind permission of Alice Greene & Co.
Kind enough to contribute excellent photographs are Darlene Friedman (rose-breasted grosbeak, chapter 1; long-eared owl, chapter 6; red-headed woodpecker, chapter 13); Allen Chartier (rufous hummingbird), chapter 4; Caleb Putnam (yellow-rumped warbler), chapter 7; Karl Overman (ancient murrelet), chapter 10; and Bill Holm (author photo). All other photos are by the author.