BIG!! Just got back from being keynote speaker with coauthor Matt Young at the Biggest Week in American Birding where we did a book-signing and led a Mother's Day bird walk. Big beautiful warblers, Big numbers of migrant birds, Big crowds, Big Fun, Big excitement, Big wonderful talks, Big birding talent, Big socializing! This will be a multi-day post. Our talk, based on our book, The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada, was introduced by the wonderful Kenn Kaufman and was well received by a packed audience. Then we signed many books and I was so pleased to see some had brought their other Stokes Guides to be signed and say that my books were instrumental for getting them into birding! That is one of my biggest rewards.
