BOOK
Slow Birding: The Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard
By Joan E. Strassmann, TarcherPerigee, 2022, hardcover, 350 pages, $27.
Joan E. Strassmann has been a slow birder all her life. She is an award-winning teacher of animal behavior at universities in Houston and St. Louis. In this book, she explains that “slow birding” can uncover clues to the reasons behind fascinating and surprising bird behaviors. With detailed portraits of individual bird species, enlightening information on the scientists who have discovered them, and engaging activities for new and veteran birders alike, her book is the perfect guide
