The Science Times Book of Birds

Science Times Books

by Nicholas Wade (Editor)

Gathers articles on bird behavior and biology from the Science Times section of the New York Times

279 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1999

Reviews

[Kirsten]

This is a pretty cool compendium of articles from the New York Times about birds: new discoveries, conservation, how birds migrate, etc. They're all written in a fairly newspaperly way, of course, which means this isn't great literature, but it's fun in small doses. The only thing I really didn't like isn't actually the book's fault: I bought this in the early 00's, and all of the articles are from the 90's, so at this point some of the information is almost fifteen years old. So while a lot of the stuff is interesting, I actually have no idea if it's accurate. It ends up being kind of like a time capsule. There are a few subjects I want to revisit and see if I can find more information on, though, so it's not like this was a waste at all. Bottom line: good bathroom or commuting reading for bird aficionados who can read it without the constant nagging question of "is this theory still even current?"