Book Review: Birding Under the Influence

This is a book review I wrote for my other blog, Into the Woods and Elsewhere , to reach my birding readers. I am adding the review to (un)published for others who may happen upon it here. True enough, there is a lot about birds and birding in this book, but there is also so much more. I hope my review will convince you that you don't need to be a birder to enjoy. Birding Under the Influence: Cycling Across America in Search of Birds and Recovery, by Dorian Anderson, Chelsea Green Publishing, 2023. The last time I finished reading a good Christmas gift book for birders was Birding Without Borders by Noah Stryker , and right around this time of year, too. For that book I was so busy I didn't get my review out until New Year's Eve. I'm not nearly so busy now and will not make the same mistake with this book review. My reading comes from being a birder who followed Dorian Anderson's daily blog, Biking for Birds, during his 201...