This joyful memoir is one ordinary birder's heartwarming story that ventures from his backyard to the climbs of the majestic Rocky Mountains, through the Andes, across arid deserts and wet marshes, from rain forests to cloud forests, across cities, farmland and into ocean waters, inviting the first thousand bird species encountered to be brush strokes of color, beauty and awe that pop brilliantly on the canvas of his life.
This simple love story is a tour de force of gratitude for the abundance found in nature that enriches our lives.