250 photographs celebrate 100 years of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and our relationship to birds Foreword by Barbara Kingsolver Essays by Jared Diamond, John W. Fitzpatrick Lyanda Lynn Haupt, and Scott Weidensaul; 250 photographs. "The birds sang us back to life]]"from the Foreword An intimate yet stunning exploration of North American species, The Living Bird shares our joyful and complex relationship with birds.