{"product_id":"9781632865809","title":"Lost Among the Birds: Accidentally Finding Myself in One Very Big Year","description":"Early in 2013 Neil Hayward was at a crossroads. He didn't want to open a bakery or whatever else executives do when they quit a lucrative but unfulfilling job. He didn't want to think about his failed relationship with \"the one” or his potential for ruining a new relationship with \"the next one.” And he almost certainly didn't want to think about turning forty. And so instead he went birding.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBirding was a lifelong passion. It was only among the birds that Neil found a calm that had eluded him in the confusing world of humans. But this time he also found competition. His growing list of species reluctantly catapulted him into a Big Year--a race to find the most birds in one year. His peregrinations across twenty-eight states and six provinces in search of exotic species took him to a hoarfrost-covered forest in Massachusetts to find a Fieldfare; to Lake Havasu, Arizona, to see a rare Nutting's Flycatcher; and to Vancouver for the Red-flanked Bluetail. Neil's Big Year was as unplanned as it was accidental: It was the perfect distraction to life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNeil shocked the birding world by finding 749 species of bird and breaking the long-standing Big Year record. He also surprised himself: During his time among the hummingbirds, tanagers, and boobies, he found a renewed sense of confidence and hope about the world and his place in it.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149418381552,"sku":"9781632865809","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781632865809_p0.jpg?v=1763675072","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781632865809","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}