Peeping Tom Caught in Local Neighborhood BARBEAU, MI (7/18/11) Male, 18-inches tall with long, red beard and small beady eyes has been spotted numerous times looking into living room windows around the Eastern Upper Peninsula in Michigan. Local police have identified Tom T. Turkey as the perpetrator and have taken appropriate action to apprehend him.
We are aware that birds have many unusual habits like spying into windows. What surprises us, however, is that birds regularly practice polygamy, fratricide, genocide, and even cannibalism. Like humans, birds too are subject to baldness, insect infestation and some also have an urgent need to know what we are doing inside our houses.
These facts and more are explored in a series of stories in a new book called A Fascination for Feathers by Connie M. Thompson. This book encompasses a years worth of bird-watching experiences, exciting bird tales and birding adventures. Connie and her friends from the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan all share their joy, wonder, disgust, horror and fascination with every kind of bird imaginable.
I received your book and have enjoyed reading it the last few days. Your book is full of interesting information and anecdotes that remind us that there is more to birding than checking off birds on a checklist. Ron Houser, Bay County Audubon Society, Panama City, Florida
You can read about a great horned owls rescue from a soccer net; a ruffed grouses arrival into a living room by breaking through a double-paned window; how you can use nylons and a Slinky on your bird feeders, learn what birds can do with yarn; and find out why you might be a twitcher. Interesting stories of bird adventures are mixed with fascinating bird facts in this compilation.
Connie M. Thompson has won numerous awards from the Michigan Press Association for journalism and photography while writing feature articles for UP Magazine/Porcupine Press. Her birding articles appeared in the Sault Ste. Marie Evening News for six years and she currently produces a free birding newsletter titled: Birds in Our Backyards.
Media resources and purchasing information for A Fascination for Feathers can be found online at www.ridgeroadenter.com. The media resources link contains a more extensive biography, book graphics, a sample chapter and other information.
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