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Book SynopsisOut of the Woods: A Bird Watcher’s Year is a journey through the seasons and a joyous celebration of growing old. In fifty-nine essays and poems, Ora E. Anderson, birder, bird carver, naturalist, and nature writer, reveals the insights and recollections of a keen-eyed observer of nature, both human and avian.
Trade Review“Reading this book makes me regret that I never had an opportunity to know Ora Anderson in person.... I would have liked him very much and I think most readers will share this view.”
“Attention readers! Before you crack open
Out of the Woods: A Bird Watcher’s Year, you might want to go ahead and lace up your hiking boots and dust off your binoculars. Once you dip into this pool of essays, you’re going to want to be prepared to strike out on your own adventures in nature.” * Northwest Ohio History *
“Anderson left a passionate love letter to Mother Nature and these Appalachian hills in the just-published book, Out of the Woods: A Bird Watcher’s Year.”
“Whether wading in beaver ponds to see what birds were attracted to the impoundments, listening to the muted song of a brown thrasher on her nest, seeing the first flight of Canada goslings from his pond, or watching the ever-changing cast of birds attracted to his feeders, the author relates the connection between his spirit self and the natural world. Beautifully illustrated with Julie Zickefoose's pencil drawings.”
“Ora Anderson is the Thoreau of the Appalachian woods.”
“Undeniably pleasurable reading....(Anderson) riffs charmingly on a number of different species and varieties in prose that's generously peppered with rueful observations and bemused wonder.... This book is a joy to read and rewards subsequent revisits with stylistic wit and wild beauty.”
