Bradford Torrey found birds worth watching even on Boston Common, and these essays follow him from the city to the White Mountains. He writes about bird song, the personalities of different species, scraping acquaintance with shy birds, minor songsters, and why a humble chickadee may give more pleasure than the showier brown thrush.
Graceful nineteenth-century nature writing for birders and readers of Burroughs and Thoreau. Download the free EPUB.