Contents

Preface

PART ONE

Prologue

1  Intimate and Momentous

2  Seasons and Circulations

3  Lilacs and Passing Time

4  Noting with a Climate Eye

5  Bedrock and Baselines

PART TWO

6  The Green World

7  Wriggles, Buzzes, and Calls

8  Feathers and Phenophases

9  Warm Blood and Live Birth

10  The Atmosphere at Home

PART THREE

11  Ground Truth

Acknowledgments

Further Reading

Index

Footnotes