--- product_id: 1562150 title: "The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds" brand: "julie zickefoose" price: "£48.72" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1562150-the-bluebird-effect-uncommon-bonds-with-common-birds store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds **Brand:** julie zickefoose **Price:** £48.72 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds by julie zickefoose - **How much does it cost?** £48.72 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1562150-the-bluebird-effect-uncommon-bonds-with-common-birds) ## Best For - julie zickefoose enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted julie zickefoose brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds ## Images ![The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Txs0O0sOL.jpg) ![The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51xxwRBUAJL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars LIFE AMONG THE BIRDS *by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2014* This book is a joy to read. Julie Zickefoose is quite an artist. The book is filled with beautiful watercolors and lively sketches of drawings of birds. How she loves members of the bird family.Julie begins her book in spring, onto summer, autumn, ending with winter. Different times, different parts of the country. There are different happeningss, different commentaires, different stories about Julie's bird friends. She is a good friend to birds and becomes angry about free roaming dogs and cats that cripple and kill birds. She has much life experience dealing with birds, tells her stories, and is where she wants to be in life.Ms Zickefoose began her love of birds as a very young child being introduced to a tom turkey at a petting zoo. She never wavered from deciding to base her career on her first love. She is a bird mother, feeds baby birds, sketches and portrays them of different ages and stages of growing, if injured she doctors and nurses them, then sends them back into the wild where they belong. They don't always make it. She grieves, then gets back to work on others who need her help. She is a good writer, very knowledgeable about her subjects, acquainted with birds of all kinds, colors, sizes, shapes.I have learned so much about birds, how hard it is to take care of them, especially babies that need to be fed constantly and if there are several babies at a time, Whew. But Julie does it all and loves it. When she worked at the Nature Conservancy, she worked with shore birds. It is comical about how she worked to save piping plovers and least terns that nested along the beach. It was hard to keep beach goers from stepping on eggs and frightening these birds with all the human noises, riding vehicles and dogs. How annoyed she became with careless beach goers. She recruited volunteers to help and protect these shore birds.This lady can draw, she can write, she loves life and nature. The book is a delight, but sad when Julie loses her friends. She gets into the personalities of her birds and feels that when released they come back to visit, Maybe its them, but maybe not. Who knows.I enjoyed reading Ms. Zickefoose's meeting and bonding with an older redtail hawk,how she liked and admired him even though he kills her birds. It is good to go to a secluded corner of a woods to hear bird calls and songs as Julie does.In winter Ms Zickefoose writes controversial topics against hunting the ancient sandhill crane plus the innocent mourning doves. She also writes about feeding birds, which in turn, attracts predators and wonders if this is wrong to keep feeders. However, she likes seeing pretty birds coming to feed. She believes wild birds belong in the wild, not as pets. This is something to think about. Her two children are being taught to love and respect birds and all of nature.This is a great book for birders and for those who love nature ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo! *by E***L on Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2012* If you love "bird books," as I do, you're always searching for a work that educates us about the looks and lives of our feathered neighbors while also revealing the tragic but often hopeful relationship the inherently flawed species called homo sapiens has had with them. If you're lucky, the book will be filled with art showing the birds going about their daily business. With Julie Zickefoose's autobiographical The Bluebird Effect, you get all of that, in a beautifully-designed volume packed with over 300 thick, glossy pages of the author's stunning bird art wrapped in tale after touching tale of her intimate encounters with birds. By "tale" I don't mean to suggest that Ms. Zickefoose's fluid writing is fictional or unrealistic, but I do mean that The Bluebird Effect, steeped in natural magic, does have a storybook quality to it. We see the author learning about herself as she learns how to care for a variety of injured birds or orphaned nestlings that come her way. Among her patients are eastern phoebes, ruby-throated hummingbirds, scarlet tanagers, chimney swifts, and orchard orioles, each presenting her with a unique challenge that she surmounts after initial mistakes that ultimately improve her bird rehabbing skills. (Often, the challenge is in recognizing and addressing differences in the personalities of birds of the same species!) Along the way, she struggles with many of the issues which today face birders, conservationists, and humans of numerous other stripes: Is it wise to buy a pet bird without knowing any of the pitfalls to owner and bird alike? Should birds even be pets? How can cat owners be made to understand that allowing these purportedly domesticated felines to roam freely outside results in suffering and gruesome death for birds and other wildlife every day? Is there any justification for the hunting of sandhill cranes? What about mourning doves? Does the ivory-billed woodpecker still exist? Are backyard birders themselves guilty of upsetting the balance of nature by feeding birds that otherwise wouldn't be so numerous? The author handles all of these questions, and more, thoughtfully and honestly. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars This is a delightful and captivating book *by E***H on Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2023* This is a lovely coffee table book to scan and read. The drawn illustrations and memorable stories are shared bky a passionate bird lover.... --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1562150-the-bluebird-effect-uncommon-bonds-with-common-birds](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1562150-the-bluebird-effect-uncommon-bonds-with-common-birds) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-22*