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"Eli J. Knapp has done a marvelous job capturing a balance of science and humor in his latest collection of essays. The Delightful Horror of Family Birding eminently burnishes birding's reputation, making the science accessible ... Knapp gives the reader plenty of detail to appreciate precisely what the clever book title promises." - THE UTAH REVIEW "Knapp pays attention, not just to birds, the landscape, and the sights and sounds around him, but also to people's responses to those things, including his own, and to human interactions with each other and to nature. His is an astute perspective, a perpetual student of life, humans, and nature, and his stories are consistently fun and thought-provoking." - BIRD WATCHER'S DIGEST "Pithy, funny, and wise essays about forays into nature .