My OH recently bought the new Anthony McGeechan book, Birding from the Hip. haven't read any of the book but it comes with 2 cd's and its absolutely brilliant on a long car journey. The pieces by his wife are really funny and easy to relate to .
Hi Susan and welcome to the forum. I will look out for that book as it sounds really interesting. Many thanks for mentioning it.
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!