num_pages: 184
description: Out of the Woods: A Bird Watchers 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. The essays follow the rivers and creeks the highways and little-known byways of Appalachia and along the way we become nearly as familiar with its numerous bird plant and animal species as with the author himself. These are not the memories of a single year however but of a long lifetime spent immersed in the natural world. Out of the Woods presented with humor and passion is an account of a well-lived productive and satisfying life. The essays offer an intimate portrait of a half century of Anderson's life on his beloved old farm (more nearly a nature preserve) where he lived in harmony with birds and nature and followed the rhythm of the seasons. We are invited to share the joysand the disappointments and sorrowsinherent in such a life. Generously illustrated with Julie Zickefooses detailed and evocative drawings this book will delight bird watchers artists naturalists backyard gardeners and anyone who is ever tempted to take a rutted overgrown path just to see where it leads.
language: English
title: Out of the Woods: A Bird Watcher’s Year
publisher: Ohio University Press