A Bird-Lover in the West

A series of field studies and travel essays recounts birdwatching expeditions across the Rocky Mountains, the Middle Country, and the Great Salt Lake region. The narrative blends camping and travel detail with close natural-history observation, recording nests, songs, feeding, and habitat relationships. Individual chapters focus on particular species and episodes—wrens, jays, cardinals, meadowlarks, hummingbirds, and others—describing behavior, manners, and occasional nest tragedies. Interwoven reflections consider rest, immersion in wild places, and the attentive habits that enable careful study of birds and the flowers and landscapes that shape their lives.