Under Their Wing: How Birds Shape the Human Experience by Dunne, Pete
Under Their Wing: How Birds Shape the Human Experience by Dunne, Pete

Under Their Wing: How Birds Shape the Human Experience

A human history of birds--charting how our lives have been intimately connected with these winged creatures since...
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Author: Pete Dunne
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Under Their Wing: How Birds Shape the Human Experience by Dunne, Pete

Under Their Wing: How Birds Shape the Human Experience

$33.60
Under Their Wing: How Birds Shape the Human Experience by Dunne, Pete

Under Their Wing: How Birds Shape the Human Experience

$33.60
Author: Pete Dunne
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A human history of birds--charting how our lives have been intimately connected with these winged creatures since we first evolved out of the trees

From the ancient Egyptian mummified ibises to Yankee Doodle's famous feathered cap, to the more obscure Arm and Hammer Company bird cards tucked within boxes of baking soda, this book charts our ongoing fascination with birds for thousands of years.

Pete Dunne--one of the most celebrated and recognized birders in North America--doesn't shy away from the ugly parts of this history, from the astonishing numbers of avian fatalities as they attempt to migrate through a host of dangerous manmade obstacles twice a year, to the section he's called the "hall of shame" which covers the species we've made extinct in North America, to "Your Bird Neighbors" where he inventories the birds currently declining or facing extinction.

Throughout, Dunne reminds us that as we are the problem, we can and must be the solution to protecting our avian kin and continuing to celebrate them and partner with them as we have throughout human history. This book is for history lovers, as well as for birders who will enjoy coming across their favorite species in new and surprising places throughout our shared time on this planet.

Author: Pete Dunne
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Published: 10/06/2026
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781645023975


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2026
Library Journal 10/02/2026 pg. 1

About the Author
Pete Dunne is among the most appreciated bird book authors in the United States. He is also the founder of the World Series of Birding, as well as the former director of the Cape May Bird Observatory, Birding Ambassador for the New Jersey Audubon Society, and former publisher of New Jersey Audubon magazine. He has written for all of the major American birding publications, including Birder's World, Birding, Bird Watcher's Digest, and WildBird, as well as in The New York Times. In 2001, he received the Roger Tory Peterson Award from the American Birding Association for lifetime achievement in promoting the cause of birding.
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