GETTING TO KNOW THE BIRDS IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
By Darryl Jones, NewSouth, $34.99
Darryl Jones is fascinated by the interaction between birds and humans in urban settings, a subject he explored in his engaging book . This time he’s compiled a guide for beginner twitchers covering 139 common Australian species, many of which can be spotted in backyards from Cairns to Perth. Each entry gets a witty intro (plovers are “noisy, fearless and intimidating”)
