If you’re looking for a last minute holiday gift for a loved one or yourself, a Eugene-based author, artist, and birder is offering something unique: Real letters in the mail.
Noah Strycker travels the world birding. He writes for National Geographic, and has authored several books on birding. In this digital age, Strycker told KLCC, getting a real letter in the mail is something special.
“Letters combine everything that I'm passionate about: writing and artwork and traveling around the world,” said Strycker. “And so I came up with this idea that people could subscribe and I would send them a letter in the mail every month from a different place in the world every month describing what it's like to go there.”
Strycker said in 2026 he plans to visit each of the seven continents. That includes Antarctica, where he leads expeditions to see penguins.
“I just think that it's really cool to see birds around the world because it helps you connect to wherever you're visiting,” Strycker said. “There's birds everywhere that you go, and I've been interested in birds pretty much my whole life, ever since I went to an elementary school here in Eugene, and my teacher put a bird feeder on the classroom window. That's how I got hooked.”
Strycker said January’s letter will be from somewhere warm and tropical.
Letters from Noah will include a dispatch from Strycker’s travels along with his own watercolor illustrations.
