Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder Quotes

“seeing that bird, which might take off at any second, has taught me to sit still, to relish the moment.”
― Julia Zarankin, Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir

“...I was completely lost when I heard Heather and Lucy shout out the litany of ducks: common goldeneye, gadwall, long-tailed duck, bufflehead, redhead, ring-necked duck, white-winged scoter, red-breasted merganser, northern shoveler. If someone had told me then that it would take me five years to comfortably ID all those ducks, I would have quit on the spot.”
― Julia Zarankin, Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir