
I was lucky enough to have Dr. Norment as my college advisor and professor for many of my classes. This book wasn’t published until after I graduated, but I am glad I found it. I was reminded of the holistic way of looking at nature and science that he often taught. Return to Warden’s Grove is not only an intimate look into the biology of the Harris’s Sparrow, but also about how human’s connect to nature and the importance of this process. Written non-linearly over three seasons of research, Dr. Norment makes connections in natural ways and is able to tell a story that is more than facts collected from research.