
In the best tradition of nature writing, George Levine mediates on the way birds and birding are entangled with the most ordinary and the most important aspects of our lives. He is a "birder", not a professional ornithologist; but on his way to describing the entanglements of...

In the tradition of Annie Dillard, this book is a set of meditations on nature, in this case specifically on the way birds and birding are entangled with life, with work, family, and friends. While it delicately narrates loving engagement with birds, it is not a field guide...