Robert Macfarlane

St. Louis County Library Foundation and Left Bank Books Present Award-Winning Nature Writer Robert Macfarlane

Author of “The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss”

Presented in partnership with the Missouri Botanical Garden and the St. Louis Audubon Society

"The Book of Birds" is a field guide with a difference: It shows readers not just how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them. Acclaimed nature writer Robert Macfarlane conjures the unique spirit of nearly fifty once-common species: avocet to yellowhammer, kestrel to kingfisher, skylark to nightingale. In lyrical essays, Macfarlane describes each bird's habits and habitats, their patterns of flight and song, the myths that attend them, the threats that shadow them—and how their lives intersect with our own. “The Book of Birds” is a love letter to the variety and mysteries of birdlife, and a clarion call to halt the rapid depletion of our skies. 

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