In a Dark Time … The Eye Begins to See

I’ve begun reading Robert Pyle’s Sky Time in Gray’s River, a book John recommended when I met him at Belfair. I’ve been enjoying it even more than I thought I would. I suspect that living in a very similar area has contributed to that enjoyment, but I suspect I would enjoy it even if [...]

Though I’ll have to admit that their are portions of Sky Time in Gray’s River that I skim over rather rapidly, I’m sometimes amazed at how Pyle is able to hold my attention even when he’s writing about things I would normally avoid reading. For me, his writing is at its best when he is describing [...]

With the exception of having no desire to live in a small rural community, Robert Pyle and I share an awful lot of ideas, opinions, though he knows infinitely more about ecology than I’ve ever had time to learn in my lifetime. It’s that knowledge about ecology, especially as it relates to birds, that [...]