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What’s New at Peter White Public Library? “What It’s Like to be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing — What Birds are Doing, and Why” written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley, another great addition to his bibliography. In short essays, Sibley has explored some of the more interesting behaviors of birds to create a deeper understanding and appreciation of the species. One of the most fascinating things I came across was that the peregrine falcon is the fastest animal in the world, reaching up to 242 miles per hour! Another interesting fact is the barn owls asymmetr...

Blue jays and mourning doves appear in unruly flocks as soon as the feeders are put up in late October. They may scarf down pitcherfuls of sunflower seeds for an hour or so and then disappear into the woods, only to show up shortly thereafter and repeat their earlier performance. Is this dining experience hardwired for jays and doves? In comparison chickadees and titmice daintily fly in and snag a seed, fly away for outdoor dining on a branch. Back and forth they go taking away a seed each time. You wonder how they can eat so many. Then you find out that they, like squirrels, are secreting th...

Bitterroot Outdoor Journal The Bitterroot Outdoor Journal provides tips every week on what you can see in the Western Montana natural surroundings. Bob Danley has always suggested that you know what you're observing. To help, here are some books and things that will help anyone, especially if you need a gift for an "outdoors" type of person. Birds and Birding - What's Like To Be A Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing - What Birds are doing and Why. It's a long title for the Hardcover-Illustrated book that was published just this year by David Allen Sibley as part of his Sibley Guid...

What’s the best new book you read this year? In a year full of uncertainty, stress and sadness, books provided many people an important escape. For others, so many hours at home offered the perfect time to dig into nonfiction writing about the issues our country faces today. Many sought out books that examine and critique racism, for example. On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, listeners called in to share their favorite books released in 2020. That included “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson, “A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Wh...

Books, from near and far, to gift this holiday season Donna Liquori FacebookTwitterEmail 3of5 4of5This image released by Doubleday shows Colson Whitehead, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Nickel Boys." On Monday, the Library of Congress announced that Whitehead had won its Prize for American Fiction. Whitehead, 50, is the youngest winner of the lifetime achievement prize, which the library has previously given to Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Denis Johnson.Madeline Whitehead/APShow MoreShow Less 5of5 Hands down, books aren’t just lovely gifts this year. They are means of sol...