The Sketch
The American Dipper
August 28, 2015 — This pudgy little bird may not look like anything special, but beneath its underwhelming exterior beats the heart of a champion.
David Gessner
David Gessner is the author of nine books, including Return of the Osprey and the forthcoming All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West.
Articles by David Gessner
Birds in the News
The Birds of British Petroleum
June 26, 2015 — Five years after the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, the author of The Tarball Chronicles grabs his binoculars and returns to the scene of the slime.
