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Summary: Charter shares her insights into the world of songbirds
Review: For The Love Of Birds is an engaging account of Kay Charter's fascination with songbirds which would lead her to invest her life savings in a 47-acre bird sanctuary, filling up every available spare hour of her time, and compelling her to accept odd jobs to keep the sanctuary afloat when others her age were enjoying retirement. Charter shares her insights into the world of bluebirds and swallows, bobolinks and chickadees. She recounts the heartbreak of trying to save an endangered shorebird species, explores the phenomena of "kettling" hawks, plays surrogate mom to a kingbird and a brood of ducks, and ponders such unique wonders as the upside-down brain and the seemingly impossible journey of the tiny ruby-throated hummingbird. For The Love Of Birds is informative, entertaining, and occasionally inspiring reading for all aspiring ornitho-logists, bird watchers, and environmentalists with a commitment to preserving and enhancing aviary habitat.
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Summary: A "Real" Bird Book
Review: Here's a bird book by someone who really loves birds. Ms. Charter made a huge sacrifice to buy land and preserve it just for the birds. It's an engaging, down-to-earth book that will challenge you and pique your interest in birding. I'd highly recommend it.
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Summary: I couldn't put it down.
Review: I don't get a chance to read very much but I started this book and couldn't put it down.
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Summary: For The Love Of Birds
Review: I finished reading the book this evening and enjoyed it very much. I visited Charter Sanctuary, so I particularly enjoyed the events that took place there. Several of the stories were familiar but it was neat to read it and be able to visualize where they happened. I understand now the dead starling hanging upside down on the barn. The author did explain to us why she did it when we visited but not so much the background of why she feels so strongly about them. The book was funny and held my interest (I couldn't put the book down once I started it). It was also very educational. I now understand just how much these two people have sacrificed for their love of birds. It has given me enriched respect for the birds around us.
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Summary: A calling to serve nature
Review: I have a lot of books on my To Read shelf. Although For theLove of Birds was the last placed there, I thought I'd steal a look atthe first chapter and then get back to the other reading. Well, I readthe book all the way through.It's a story of a vocation, a callingby God, I think. God speaks to us through our experiences and thepotential for reflection that is placed in us. The first couple ofchapters especially read very much like narratives of religious peoplewho talk about how they were called to the priesthood or the religiouslife. I began to think of the author as a kind of first-mate on theark. Charter's book is filled with energy and balanced with humorand passion. I laughed when she wrote that she wore out her gun, and Icould feel her anguish about the Piping Plover predation on theshore. I was delighted with her technique of weaving human and birdstories together, and moving back and forth in time.
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Summary: Not your typical bird book!
Review: I have this book already,and as I have finished reading each chapter, have cried out for more. Once I began reading, I was not able to put it down. Kay has a fascinating way with words, and her stories will grip your heart! She has taught me more about conservation, bird behavior and related people behavior than any other! I am now better informed about the plight of the songbird, and some simple things I can do to help this delightful population. This is a great gift for readers of all ages!
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Summary: "Lake Wobegon" for Birders
Review: I loved this book! It's like reading Lake Wobegon tales for birdwatchers. The book is a series of short tales (could be good bedtime stories!) about birds and conservation as written by an avid birdwatcher and conservationist. Kay Charter's stories are unique, funny, sad, and clearly express her passion for birds. The Charters own a 40+ acre bird sanctuary in Michigan. The book describes may of their birding adventures both on their property and on their travels. Kay Charter is serious about maintaining a safe haven for the birds she loves and works to protect. Her book warmed by heart with her efforts to save song birds and their habitat. It's easy to read a little bit at a time or straight through. It's great reading for anyone interested in wild birds.
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Summary: entertaining
Review: I saw Kay speak at the Oxford Michigan library. She has an unbelievable love for birds, and I truly appreciate people who have such a passion for anything (legal). While I only have a moderate interest in 'birding', I did find this book entertaining and easy to read. Itr consisits of aminly short 'stories' involving some bird related topic. I applaud Kay for working so hard for the birds and the environment- we need more people like her.
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Summary: Feathers and then some
Review: I was so sorry to come to the end of this book that I turned to the first chapter and began rereading the work again. This is not only a book for people who are interested in and concerned about birds, it's a book for people who don't yet know that they will become fascinated by birds. Kay Charter has had the courage to do something to conserve an important part of our natural world; her narrative, both serious and humorous, helps to create an awareness of the plight of birds and to stir the conscience of the reader.
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Summary: for the love of birds
Review: I've just finished reading this book and think I had my mouth open half the time in sheer amazement. Each chapter has an amazing new story about these birds do when they interact with humans or in their own habitats as they go about the business of living and nesting. When I read the story about the author trying to protect the piping plovers, I felt as though I was there with her, and felt the same sadness she did when the chicks were killed. Later, I was in my office answering the phones while a co-worker was putting up the Chrsitmas tree. It was quiet and she expressed an interest in the book, so I read her an excerpt. Then two more co-workers came in and their attention was caught as I read aloud. Key Charter is a very, very good writer!
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