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Field notes from an unintentional birder : a memoir / Julia Zarankin. by Zarankin, Julia, 1974- Douglas and McIntyre, 2020. Call #: 598.07234 Z36f Subjects Zarankin, Julia, 1974-   Bird watching -- Anecdotes.   Bird watchers -- Anecdotes.   Bird watchers -- Biography. ISBN:  9781771622486 (pbk.) Description:  255 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-255). Summary:  "When Julia Zarankin saw her first red-winged blackbird at the age of thirty-five, she didn't expect that it would change her life. Recently divorced and auditioning hobbies during a stressful career transition, she stumbled on birdwatching, initially out of curiosity for the strange breed of humans who wear multi-pocketed vests, carry spotting scopes and discuss the finer points of optics with disturbing fervour. What she never could have predicted was that she would become one of them. Not only would she come to identify proudly as a birder, but birding would ultimately lead her to find love, uncover a new language and lay down her roots. Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder tells the story of finding meaning in midlife through birds. The book follows the peregrinations of a narrator who learns more from birds than she ever anticipated, as she begins to realize that she herself is a migratory species: born in the former Soviet Union, growing up in Vancouver and Toronto, studying and working in the United States and living in Paris. Coming from a Russian immigrant family of concert pianists who believed that the outdoors were for "other people," Julia Zarankin recounts the challenges and joys of unexpectedly discovering one's wild side and finding one's tribe in the unlikeliest of places. Zarankin's thoughtful and witty anecdotes illuminate the joyful experience of a new discovery and the surprising pleasure to be found while standing still on the edge of a lake at six a.m. In addition to confirmed nature enthusiasts, this book will appeal to readers of literary memoir, offering keen insight on what it takes to find one's place in the world."--From publisher. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 598.07234 Z36f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 598.07234 Z36f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 598.07234 Z36f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 598.07234 Z36f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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