I love all of Tim Birkhead’s books and this one is no exception. The book traces the development of red canaries and has an interesting cast of characters , both Nazis and Martha Stewart make an appearance.One of the parts that was fascinating to me was how hard the breeders worked to see examples of different color birds, visiting libraries or museums, looking through manuscripts and paintings for examples of rare color forms.
I think Birkhead struggled with how to present his protagonist, after finding out midway through researching his project that his main character was a suspected nazi, but I think he managed to be fairly even handed in dealing with the issue. ( )