One of the Guardian’s Best Paperbacks of November
’Astonishing … If by chance you can’t meet these 6, 042 species yourself, this book is a close second’ Jennifer Ackerman, author of The Genius of Birds
’Even readers who wouldn’t know a marvellous spatuletail from a southern ground hornbill will be awed’ Publishers Weekly
Noah Strycker set himself a goal: to become the first person to see half the world’s 10, 000 species of bird in one year.
With an itinerary covering 41 countries, spanning all seven continents, and armed with a backpack, binoculars and a series of one-way tickets, he sets out on the greatest adventure in the birding world. Along the way he meets a colourful cast of fellow birders – and discovers a world of blood-sucking leeches, chronic sleep deprivation, floods, war zones, ecologic devastation and conservation triumphs.
Vivid, charming and full of wonder, Birding Without Borders is a celebration of passion, exploration and the birders’ ethos that, if you keep your eyes and mind open, you never know what you might see.
O autorze
Noah Keefer Strycker (born February 9, 1986) is an American birdwatcher. In 2015, he set a record for a worldwide Big Year of Birding, seeing 6, 042 of the world’s estimated 10, 400 bird species in a continuous journey spanning all seven continents from January 1 to December 31, 2015.
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