Birding Without Borders

Noah Strycker sets out to break the record for the number of bird species one person has seen in a year as he travels around the world—Antarctica, South America, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. In each hot spot he visits, he has a local guide to take him to the best locations and to help identify the birds he sees. Of course, even with the best of plans, things go wrong, and it's the come-to-fruition of the best of plans and the blips along the way that make for the charm of this adventure story.