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Review: Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

User Review  - Jackson - Goodreads

Birds are some of the most interesting creatures, and so are those who bird them -- more than watch, it is stalk and enthuse and search the world (or at least the US) to find and commune with. Kenn Kaufman writes as well as he searches, with smooth prose & extreme poetry. Read full review

Review: Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

User Review  - Ryan - Goodreads

Excellent writing, loved the story, and so inspired by it. Read full review

Review: Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

User Review  - Emily Trettel - Goodreads

Charming as a travelogue, naturalist manifesto, and memoir. A must-read for all bird nerds. Read full review

Review: Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

User Review  - Karen Stubenvoll - Goodreads

Really enjoyable! I would have rated it "5" but I didn't enjoy the grim parts about selling plasma to have enough money to continue his quest; also, the description of his being hungry -- somebody should have given that teenager some food! Read full review

Review: Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

User Review  - Gwyn Beasley - Goodreads

Great. Read full review

Review: Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

User Review  - Laurent Fournier - Goodreads

It triggered my own obsession for birding. Read full review

Review: Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

User Review  - Kevin Pfeifle - Goodreads

A funny look at Birders and their sub-culture. Read full review

Review: Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

User Review  - Jenny Hawley - Goodreads

I have read this book and Big Year by Mark Obmascik. I loved Big Year because it was about the birders while I did not enjoy this one because it was about the birds. I think people who are birders ... Read full review

Review: Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

User Review  - Nina Rach - Goodreads

Great book, very well edited. Read full review

Review: Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

User Review  - Trish Remley - Goodreads

This was such an interesting book to read, especially that it took place when all the heavy duty birding started to take place. Instead of Audoboning (shooting the bird as my husband would say), they ... Read full review

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