One More Warbler: A Life with Birds

By: Victor Emanuel, S. Kirk Walsh

Narrated by: Ridge Cresswell

Victor Emanuel is widely considered one of America's leading birders. He has observed more than six thousand species during travels that have taken him to every continent. He founded the largest company in the world specializing in birding tours and one of the most respected ones in ecotourism. Emanuel has received some of birding's highest honors, including the Roger Tory Peterson Award from the American Birding Association and the Arthur A. Allen Award from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. He also started the first birding camps for young people, which he considers one of his greatest achievements.

In One More Warbler, Emanuel recalls a lifetime of birding adventures - from his childhood sighting of a male Cardinal that ignited his passion for birds to a once-in-a-lifetime journey to Asia to observe all eight species of cranes of that continent. He tells fascinating stories of meeting his mentors who taught him about birds, nature, and conservation, and later, his close circle of friends - Ted Parker, Peter Matthiessen, George Plimpton, Roger Tory Peterson, and others - who he frequently birded and traveled with around the world. Emanuel writes about the sighting of an Eskimo Curlew, thought to be extinct, on Galveston Island; setting an all-time national record during the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count; attempting to see the Imperial Woodpecker in northwestern Mexico; and birding on the far-flung island of Attu on the Aleutian chain.

The book is published by University of Texas Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

©2017 University of Texas Press (P)2020 Redwood Audiobooks

Critic reviews

“A valuable addition to disaster scholarship.” (Social & Cultural Geography)

“Makes important contributions to the field of disaster social science specifically and sociology more broadly.” (Duane Gill, Oklahoma State University)

“A provocative book that will prompt its readers to think seriously.” (Roundup Magazine)

Enjoyed

Enjoyed listening to the book. The narration was a little slow at first, but it got better, and I’m glad that I continue listening to the story. Life lessons learned while birding, and the friends made along the way is a wonderful story.

Did the narrator not familiarize himself with the subject?

The book itself is of mild interest to avid birders as it is fun to hear about places and people well known to the birding community.

However, the narrator has no clue how to pronounce many bird species - if he calls the Curlew a Curl- yoo one more time…. Further, as the author was located in Texas and much of the activity recounted occurs in the Southwest and Mexico, having a passing ability to properly pronounce Spanish words and place names would be appreciated.