A book about the experience of birding

Just finished reading "Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience" by Jeremy Mynott. It's a fascinating book whose author examines why we watch birds. He shares his thoughts about the naturalists throughout history who have studied birds and their behavior. Did you ever think about the fact that we tend to observe a bird or a group of birds as representatives of a species, and that we are not usually focused on the birds as individuals? Mynott is interested in the "why" of our behavior as birders, and it makes for good reading. He ruminates on philosophy, neurology and many other fields as they relate to birding. If you read it, you will be pausing here and there to nod, "Oh yeah, that's me, that's what I'm feeling ( or thinking ) when I'm out there watching birds....".