Birding Under the Influence: Cycling Across America in Search of Birds and Recovery

“One hell of a ride.”—Nick Offerman, actor, woodworker, New York Times bestselling author

At a personal and professional crossroads, a man resets his life and finds sobriety, love, and 618 bird species, cycling his way to a very Big Year.

In this unique birding memoir, Dorian Anderson, a neuroscience researcher on a pressure-filled life trajectory, walks away from the world of elite institutions, research labs, and academic publishing. In doing so, he falls in love and discovers he has freed ...