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Birding without borders : an obsession, a quest, and the biggest year in the world / Noah Strycker ; foreword by Kenn Kaufman.

Strycker, Noah K. (author.). Kaufman, Kenn (author of introduction, etc.).

Summary:

The author tells the story of how he traveled across forty-one countries in an attempt to see half of the world's birds in one year, sharing the challenges that he faced, as well as the birds and bird-lovers he found on the way.

Record details

ISBN: 9780544558144
ISBN: 0544558146
Physical Description: ix, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index. Includes list of bird species seen. Maps at endpapers.
Formatted Contents Note:	End of the world -- The DSP -- Cerro Negro -- Over the years -- The Harpy -- Gunning it -- An angel of peace -- Flying free -- Home -- Missed connections -- Kalu -- The Karamoja Apalis -- A new world record -- Hit and miss -- Birds in paradise -- From end to end -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: Gear for a big year -- Appendix 2: Big year snapshot -- Appendix 3: Big year species list.
Awards Note:	Oregon Book Awards finalist, 2019