In the prologue, the author outs himself as a non-birder, not that there's anything wrong with that. He joins a field trip at the Prairies and Potholes Birding Festival and describes both birder and bird behavior with a bemused but respectful voice (I was delighted to read about blogger friends Lynne and Wren experiencing the magic of the festival).

The rest of the book is divided into three parts: Birders in Birdland, Bird Houses, and At Home with Birds. Each section is broken into chapters that describe a particular person or family or place and their connection with birds. Rather than generalizing the different ways people enjoy birds, each chapter deals intimately with its subject, which are wide-ranging and include "wildlife ranchers" Jan and Jack Cato in Texas Hill Country, a young birder's family and impressive ornithological library in Manhattan, a giant-bird-nest-artist in the Hamptons, and naturalist-fashionista-designer sisters in New York.
The individual stories are accompanied by beautiful color photographs, many full-page. Images show beautiful birds in natural habitat, or birders and their paraphernalia, or stylish interiors designed with an avian theme.