A light and fun collection of birding advice, these original essays--from the biggest names in birding--contain information for birders of every level, on topics ranging from feeding birds and cleaning binoculars to pelagic birding.

The leap from concept to final draft is great, and the task is filled with hard work and horrors. It is here that most writers struggle to get the plot right at the expense of the story's real power. The result is a script that is logical in every way, yet unmoving. Emotional Structure, by Emmy- and Peabody-Award winning producer, writer, and teacher, Peter Dunne, is for these times, when the plot fits nicely into place like pieces in a puzzle, yet an elemental, terribly important something remains missing. The missing piece won't be found by adding action, you can't stir the soul with a car...

Humane, wise and funny letters to Peter's children; a blueprint for liberal, thoughtful living in the modern world.