{"product_id":"lost-among-the-birds-accidentally-finding-myself-in-one-very-big-year-9781632865793","title":"Lost Among the Birds: Accidentally Finding Myself in One Very Big Year","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLost Among the Birds: Accidentally Finding Myself in One Very Big Year\u003c\/strong\u003e by Hayward, Neil. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781632865793.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly in 2013 Neil Hayward was at a crossroads. He didnt want to open a bakery or whatever else executives do when they quit a lucrative but unfulfilling job. He didnt want to think about his failed relationship with \"the one\" or his potential for ruining a new relationship with \"the next one.\" And he almost certainly didnt want to think about turning forty. And so instead he went birding.\n\nBirding was a lifelong passion. It was only among the birds that Neil found a calm that had eluded him in the confusing world of humans. But this time he also found competition. His growing list of species reluctantly catapulted him into a Big Year--a race to find the most birds in one year. His peregrinations across twenty-eight states and six provinces in search of exotic species took him to a hoarfrost-covered forest in Massachusetts to find a Fieldfare; to Lake Havasu, Arizona, to see a rare Nuttings Flycatcher; and to Vancouver for the Red-flanked Bluetail. Neils Big Year was as unplanned as it was accidental: It was the perfect distraction to life.\n\nNeil shocked the birding world by finding 749 species of bird and breaking the long-standing Big Year record. He also surprised himself: During his time among the hummingbirds, tanagers, and boobies, he found a renewed sense of confidence and hope about the world and his place in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789806264373,"sku":"ByrdShop_1632865793","price":52.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781632865793_81702363-79bf-47b9-b30d-670e26a2e232.jpg?v=1784764082","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/lost-among-the-birds-accidentally-finding-myself-in-one-very-big-year-9781632865793","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}