Any day could be a special day, and probably will be, if we just go out to look. At sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of the high school where he was student council president and hit the road, hitching. That is what redeems the crazy ambivalence of birding, As trivial as our listing pursuit may be, it gets us out there in the real world, paying attention, hopeful and awake. The most significant we find may not be the thing we were seeking. Kingbird Highway is about Kenn Kaufman's 'Big Year.' He aimed to show up at the right habitats at the right moments to bag birds he needed for a record one year tally. Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder Paperback Illustrated, Apby Kenn Kaufman (Author) 245 ratings Kindle Edition 17.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 59.24 6 Used from 29.89 4 New from 48.87 Paperback 25.73 16 Used from 19.00 9 New from 21. Yes, it’s good to go on a quest, but it’s better to go with an open mind. That’s the main thing I’ve learned from the young man I once was and from his still-continuing adventures. How far will this ride take him? If he had just checked off his bird list and gone home, the ride would have ended long ago. He has interrupted work on his ninth book to go to Sweden with his beautiful fiancee, Kimberly, and right now he is standing with his Swedish translator, getting ready to deliver a rousing bilingual speech to a crowd of hundreds at a grandstand next to the Baltic Sea.
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