Out of the Woods - A Bird Watcher's Year

Informationen zum Autor Ora E. Anderson was a journalist, conservationist, naturalist, and artist. He was named Honorary Life Trustee of the Ohio chapter of The Nature Conservancy and in 2006 he was inducted into the Ohio Natural Resources Hall of Fame. He was the recipient of the Ohio Arts Council Governor's Award for Arts in 1999. He passed away in August 2006 at the age of ninety-four. Klappentext Out of the Woods: A Bird Watcher's 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. Zusammenfassung Takes us on a journey through the seasons and a joyous celebration of growing old. This work includes fifty-nine essays and poems, which reveal the insights and recollections of a keen-eyed observer of nature, both human and avian. It is suitable for bird watchers, artists, naturalists, backyard gardeners, and others.

Product details

• Authors: Ora E. Anderson, Ora E./ Griffith Anderson
• Assisted by: Julie Zickefoose (Illustration), Deborah Griffith (Editor)
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2007
• EAN: 9780821417416
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1741-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works