Contents
Introduction
PART I: THROUGH A CHILD’S EYES
1 • The Only Things to Fear
2 • One Short of a Parliament
3 • Nothing to Sneeze At
4 • A Flicker of Life
5 • Birders Can’t Ride Shotgun
6 • Chomping at Nature’s Bit
7 • The Birds and the Bees
8 • Searching for a Landscape Identity
9 • The Nature of Nature
10 • The Delightful Horror of Family Birding
PART II: THE SKY IS OUR CLASSROOM
11 • The Grand Titmouse
12 • Absurd Bird Words
13 • Sole Recipients of Grace
14 • Film Fallout
15 • A Golden Opportunity
16 • Little Pink Bundles
17 • The Deontological Birder
18 • Serendipitous Birding
19 • Please Disturb
20 • Dutch Blitz Birding
PART III: CHICKEN SOUP FOR AN OUTDOOR-LOVER’S SOUL
21 • The Bird Portal
22 • My Chickadee Epiphany
23 • Life’s Harrier Moments
24 • Birdfeeder Blues
25 • Clutch Performance
26 • Frustration or Fervor
27 • Just Because
28 • It’s Not You, It’s Me
29 • Moral of the Mourning Doves
30 • OCD Ecology
31 • Never Again … Until Next Time
