Grayson’s Reviews > The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession > Status Update

Still have issues with the way the author is framing this like he's at a business networking event slash baseball game, but the history of birding bit and especially the history of the xmas bird count/big days/big years was interesting! I knew about Audubon and a little about early 20th century stuff but not a lot between then and now.

Feeling pretty meh about this one, started reading it since it's a birding classic but it feels so totally disconnected from the kinds of birders and birding I actually enjoy, mostly just hypercompetitive wealthy men who don't actually seem that interested in the birds and an author/narrator who seems more interested in their career credentials