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Twelve Months , Six Continents , and the Ultimate Birding Record
Arjan Dwarshuis
Paperback
$ 22.95
“ A fast - paced pageboy - turner and a unique adventure story . . . filled with insights about landscapes , people , and a globe of marvellous fowl . ”―Kenn Kaufman , writer ofKingbird HighwayAn epic tale of one passionate bird watcher ’s record - come apart adventure through 40 country over 6 continents — in just one year — to see 6,852 bird metal money , rare and common , before many go out .
When Arjan Dwarshuis first heard of the “ boastful Year”—the fabled record for birdwatching — he was twenty years sure-enough , it was midnight , and he was sitting on the roof of a motortruck in the Andean Mountains . In that moment he promised himself that , someday , somehow , he would become a world - record - declare bird watcher .
Ten years subsequently , he embarked on an unbelievable , punishing , and perilous journey that took him around the orb ; over uninhabited islands , through dense unforgiving rainforests , across snowy mass peaks and unrelenting deserts — in just a undivided year . Would he survive ? Would he be able to break the “ Big Year ” phonograph recording , navigating through a world filled with shifting climate and geopolitical challenges?The ( Big ) class that Flew Byis an unforgettable , personal exploration of the limits of human potential when engaging with the natural reality . It is a book about skirt and birding and Arjan ’s attempts to call down sentience for critically scupper species , but it is also a book about get over mental challenge , extreme physical risk , and human competition and amply realizing your Passion of Christ through nature , dangerous undertaking , and preservation . “Dwarshius ’ exhilarating subspecies against time across 40 country and 6 continent in his attempt to break the world disk will thrill armchair readers and bird enthusiasts alike . ”―Booklist“I sped through [ this ] Quran , try out to ignore notion of green-eyed monster as Dwarshuis described minute with species I ’ve stargaze of see . ”—The Washington Post
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