I am fascinated by birds and this book took me down so many rabbit holes. This book is incredibly readable. Kaufman's writing is engaging and I learned so much about Audubon (much of which was pretty disturbing), naming of birds, and the history of bird classification. Kaufman is clearly brilliant, but he doesn't expect the reader to know what he does. The book was broken up nicely and it was fun to hear about Kaufman's experimentation with recreating Audubon's art. I don't think this is the last book by Kaufmann I'll read. Highly recommend for any level of bird enthusiast. Thanks to NetGalley for an early copy.

I’ve enhoyed everything of Kaufman’s I’ve read, and this was no exception. He weaves history and personal birding together beautifully.