Welcome to Litsy!

My last leisurely Monday morning of the summer. I will be at work next Monday. ☹️ #coffeeandbooks #hummingbirds

#FridayHappyReadingHour
We need a better hummingbird book- I have seen 3 varieties at our feeder, but only 1 is identified in the tagged book. Suggestions?
Enjoying Tost Sparkling Wine, thanks to @Amiable while happily reading.

Between a so-so and a pick. It was very interesting in places but very long winded in others. I like the science parts best and was meh on the popular culture. It gave me a new respect for Disney and that was surprising.
3/5 read for a social, cultural, and scientific history of the Coyote in America. Expect more stories than science

I‘ve had some cool coyote experiences recently, prompting me to read this, and I‘m so glad I did! It looks at the natural history of coyotes then the US history of the wretched way they‘ve been treated here. Thankfully we‘re largely kinder to them now! This is an excellent read about a uniquely American critter.

I was pleasantly surprised by Taylor's book, enjoying it more than I'd anticipated. It combines her accounts of travels in the Scottish Highlands to spot wildcats in their natural environment with details of their evolutionary and cultural histories, their conservation status and the efforts being made both to save them and, sadly, exterminate them, the latter more through negligence and indifference, perhaps, than intent.
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#CatsOfLitsy #Skye

“Heading back, a couple of cars and a van have joined our own in the small carpark, and standing beside the van is a man with waist-length dreadlocks, a beard and a camera with a very long lens... He turns to us as we approach, ambles over, and we get talking. It's quickly evident that this man, Hamza, is highly knowledgeable about the peninsula and its wildlife, and he's soon advising us...When I mention wildcats, he goes quiet... 👇🏻

"Timing a trip to look for Scottish wildcats is difficult in a way, but in another way it's not: no matter what time you go, you're almost guaranteed not to see one."

About halfway through, and I'm really enjoying this book ?
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Skye does *not* pose for photographs! I had to edge as close as she'd tolerate to take this. She's not a wild "Highland Tiger", but she doesn't mess about either. She is often playful, but absolutely on her own terms. We're loving getting to know her idiosyncrasies? #Caturday
The book is about the natural history of and conservation efforts for the Scottish wildcat, of which few now survive that aren't hybridised with domestic cats ?

Loving my view this week. 😍

If, like me, you‘ve read all the Anna Pigeon books and are looking for something similar to fill that gap, look no further! Alex is a field biologist who goes to rural Montana for a wolverine study on protected land. After an extremely frosty reception from the locals, she sees a man running and vomiting on her one trail camera and things get going from there. I‘ve already put book 2 on hold.