Turning To Birds

by Lili Taylor

ISBN: 9781035039999

Published: 2025-05-08

Discover an eye-opening world of meaning in small moments with this search for peace in a cacophony of birds - from award winning actor Lili Taylor. During a much-needed break from her work as an actor, Lili Taylor sought silence and instead found the bustling, symphonic world of birds that had always existed around her. Since then, she has entered the world of birdwatching and kept a keen eye pressed to her binoculars in search of vivid stories that elevate the everyday, if you only look. Through a series of beautifully crafted essays, Taylor shares her intimate encounters with the birds that have captured her heart and imagination - from learning the virtue of patience from the Gambel's quail in New Mexico to experiencing a moment of connection with the wonderfully strange woodcock in Ohio; from the exhilaration of witnessing a migratory flock from the top of the Empire State Building to the quiet joy of observing a nest of hatchlings in her own backyard. Through simply paying...