John Burroughs was one of the earliest and most articulate pioneers of the United States conservation movement, publishing twenty-eight books on the natural world during the height of the Industrial Revolution.

Burroughs' timeless observations of wildlife and his passion for conservation make this book a must-read for anyone interested in the natural world.

He is known for his keen perspectives of nature and the outside. In this series, Burroughs seems at how birds and literary suggestion are linked.