Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World, by Noah Strycker, foreword by Kenn Kaufman, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, hardcover, 352 pages, $27.
Shortly after Noah Strycker came home from his 2015 global Big Year, in which he visited 41 countries and recorded 6,042 bird species, he wrote an article for this magazine about the 10 most memorable birds, and birding experiences, of his record-setting year. He mentioned that he would write a book about the “places, people, cultures, adventures, and misadventures along the way that were as interesting as the birds themselves.” The book is now published, and it was worth the wait. Strycker, as you may know, is a top-notch birder, and he’s young and full of energy. Those qualities alone would…
