The Birding Dictionary

Speak the language of birders, with a wink.

Acclaimed science communicator and cartoonist Rosemary Mosco offers a clever, humorous pocket guide that's perfect for any birdwatching obsessive. It is a "dictionary" filled with hilarious and informative definitions for more than 200 birding terms, plus over 50 witty full color illustrations. Terms range from bird species, anatomy, and behaviors to the insider birdwatching jargon that all birders know and speak fluently, from "alpha code" to "zygodactyl."