A Year of Birds features “writings on birds” from the journals of Henry David Thoreau.

A work of literature as well as a work of art with some biology mixed in, A Year of Birds is being welcomed by birders as this new book includes the best of Henry David Thoreau's unparalleled descriptions of birds, ranging from the Red-tailed Hawk to Blackburnian Warblers. Illustrated with 150 watercolor paintings and field sketches by renowned bird artist Barry Van Dusen and edited by Geoff Wisner, Thoreau’s observations in A Year of Birds are arranged according to the day of the year, emphasizing the relationship of birds with their environment and the significance of the changing seasons.

On any given day, curious readers might step into their yard and compare the birds they observe with birds that Thoreau saw and heard. With a focus on the town of Concord, Massachusetts, where Thoreau spent most of his life, special sections are devoted to the now-vanished Passenger Pigeon and to Thoreau's mysterious “night warbler.” To learn more about A Year of Birds, published by Mercer University Press, refer to Buteo Books at A Year of Birds: Writings on Birds from the Journal of Henry David Tho – Buteo Books