Turning to Birds (sitting quiet, to listen to nature)

Turning to Birds looks at the eye-opening world of small moments, when you dare to just sit, listen and watch the natural world. Actor Lili Taylor decided to take a break from her work, to seek silence and song amid the world of birds around her.

Now more seen with pair of binoculars than an autocue, she writes beautifully crafted essays to share the encounters with birds that have captured her heart and imagination. From learning the virtual of patience in New Mexican (thanks to a quail) to experiencing a distant moment of connection with a woodcock in Ohio.

From the exhilaration of witnessing a migratory flock of birds from the top of New York’s Empire State Building, to the quiet joy of observing a nest of hatchlings in her own backyard.

Simply by paying attention to wild birds, Lili has witnessed a wide and deep world parallel to ours  – one of constant change and movement, full of life and with a will to survive.

In this book, she encourages you too to be present and fully engaged with the natural world around her. Her lovely prose and meditations invite you to see our world with new eyes, and find joy in unexpected places.

Learn more on how to create safe havens for birds, and how to stop birds flying into windows.

About the author

Lili Taylor is an award-winning actress on Broadway. In the birding world, she is a board member of the National Audubon Society and New York City Audobon. She nests in Brooklyn and upstate New York with her husband, the poet Nick Flynn and their family.