<p>On a beautiful day in August 2003, Wilfred Moore was cutting wood on his Vermont farm when a young ruffed grouse showed up to keep him company. A few days later, Wil's wife, Vivian, accompanied her husband, camera at the ready, to witness the antics of this wild bird. Little did Vivian know that this meetings was the start of an unusual and touching friendship with the ruffed grouse that she named Paddy. This book is Vivian's account of this remarkable relationship, of how a wild bird became such an important part of the Moores' life, and the lessons to be learned when a ruffed grouse chooses to live on your farm. This revised and expanded edition of Vivian's original book includes more photographs of her friend Paddy and the Moores' farm plus a new introduction by naturalist Mary Holland, author of NATURALLY CURIOUS. Vivian Miller Moore grew up on a farm in Pomfret, Vermont. When she married, she moved down the road to her husband's ancestral farm in nearby Sharon, Vermont where she devotes herself to writing and the preservation of rural ways of life.</p>

Paddy: A Ruffed Grouse Chooses Our Farm

Science & Math

Moore, Vivian Miller

Nature & Ecology

Full Circle Press

In this personal and poignant memoir, Vivian Miller Moore recounts her adventures when a ruffed grouse she names Paddy chooses to live on the ancestral family farm she shares with her husband. Paddy: A Ruffed Grouse Chooses Our Farm is the story of an unusual friendship between a wild bird and a woman willing to learn from him and protect him.  In addition to the story she tells about Paddy, Moore also invites readers into the world of farming in the hills of Vermont. In prose that is at once simple and elegant, author Vivian Moore gives readers a perspective on living with the land, an experience to be shared with readers of all ages.

White River Pr

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Paddy: A Ruffed Grouse Chooses Our Farm

Paddy: A Ruffed Grouse Chooses Our Farm