This book really is for birders only or for those that want to read about the birds of North America. I've read this twice as I enjoy Komito's style of writing and his accounts of all the best places to watch birds in the US and Canada from Labrador watching Ivory Gulls to the Salton Sea and the Dry Tortugas to Attu in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.Komito's accounts include for example, the little wayside stops like the Gage Hotel on the way to Big Bend National Park as well as the hike up to see the Colima Warbler with added commentary on the landscapes of the parks, the people he encounters and the challenges of flying across North America on a minutes notice following the alert of a rare bird.Komito shares the laughs at himself for all the predicaments he gets in as well as the good humor of his other birders. I highly recommend it but then I'm a birder!