Looking at Birds seeks to encourage the watcher to spend as long as possible looking at how the bird moves and behaves in order to get the real "jizz" of a living bird on paper.
John Busby's observation that 'there are more shapes of blackbird than species of thrush' encapsulates the premise of this guide to observing birds with a curious mind; a process that goes far beyond identification. Paired with insightful commentary and demonstrating that an individual specimen rarely conforms to its image as presented in field guides, his pencil and watercolour wash sketches capture birds at different times of day, in flight, at rest and as they preen, stretch, hunt and dive.
The book aims to encourage people to see more when they watch birds: to discover new things in the bird’s life and exchange the images we pick up from books, for those we discover for ourselves.
This book is a little gem which will bring joy and amusement to the reader, wrote Tim Wootton in Birdwatch Magazine.
