By renowned ornithologist and writer J. Drew Lanham
Favorite Quote: Excerpt from Non-Stationary Cycling
“Wandering in the winter woods yesterday, I sensed an urgency underneath the leaf litter. The damp mustiness hanging heavily in the decay ultimately means rebirth. Waiting seeds and warming soil are a promise for another season waged against weather and chance.
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Yes, there is something lying in wait in these winter woods—lying and waiting in root and stem and shoot—waiting for the sun to shine more purposefully, for the light to linger a little longer with each day’s passage. The wild ginger blooms modestly where no one can see. A wren sang somewhere in a shaft of sun that fractured the chill.”
From the publisher: With a refreshing balance of reverence and candor, Lanham paints a unique portrait of the natural world: listening to cicadas, tracking sandpipers, towhees, wrens, and cataloging fellow birdwatchers at a conference where he is one of two black birders. The resulting insights are as honest as they are illuminating.
