Synopses & Reviews
Review
“Bonta is unique and spends time on her mountain every day of the year, sometimes for short periods but often for hours. She moves quietly and misses little, recording her observations in detail in the nature journals she started when she moved to the mountain in August, 1971.If you enjoy winter and nature this is a great book. If you like nature but not winter it still might be a great book because Bonta shows that winter is not lacking in natural delights.”
--Lancaster Sunday News
Synopsis
This is the fourth (and final) volume in Marcia Bonta’s seasonal musings on the natural world surrounding her 650-acre home in the mountains of central Pennsylvania. It explores the often hidden beauty and outdoor life of North American winters.
Synopsis
Winter is the season that most tests our mettle. The psychological burdens of waiting for spring under gray skies compound the challenges of freezing rain, wind chill, deep snow, and dangerous ice. Despite winter's harshness, there is plenty of beauty and life in the woods if only we know where to look. The stark, white landscape sparkles in the sunshine and glows beneath the moon on crisp, clear nights; bare branches make it easy to see long distances; birds flock to feeders; and animals--even those that should be hibernating--make surprise visits from time to time. Appalachian Winter offers acclaimed naturalist Marcia Bonta's account of one season as experienced on and around her 650-acre home on the westernmost ridge of the hill-and-valley landscape that dominates central Pennsylvania.