Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Headaches?

• Are flamingos really real?
• Should I bring in my feeders for the summer?”
• Why are the birds dropping poop in my pool?”

Answering the questions has been easy; keeping a straight face has been hard.

Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Headaches? is the solution for the beginning birder who already has a book that explains the slight variation between Common Ground-Doves and Ruddy Ground-Doves but who is really much more interested in why birds sing at 4:30 A.M. instead of 7:00 A.M., or whether it’s okay to feed bread to birds, or how birds rediscover your feeders so quickly when you’ve just filled them after a long vacation. Or, for that matter, whether flamingos are really real.

*Review:  “Mike O’Connor knows birds—I mean, REALLY knows them. He can deliver the straight scoop with a hilarious twist that makes it unforgettable. Reading this book is almost as much fun as bird watching, and that’s saying a lot!”—Kenn Kaufman, author of the Kaufman Field Guide to the Birds of North America