Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Becoming a Birder 15
5. 2 The Naturalist Gaze 40
6. 3 Common Birds and the Social Construction of Nature 66
7. 4 Wilderness, Wildness, and Mobility 91
8. 5 Good Birds, Bad Birds, and Animal Agency 112
9. 6 Birding and Citizen Science 135
10. 7 Birding as a Conservation Movement 160
11. Conclusion 188
12. Acknowledgments 193
13. Notes 197
14. Bibliography 213
15. Index 223
16. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 231