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Happy Global Big Day from Costa Rica!

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Go to political rallies to get your emotions manipulated by potent, practiced con-artists? If you live in the northern hemisphere, of course there isn’t! What are you going to do, stare at some mobile device like a 21st century zombie and watch videos of people doing silly things? No, everyone should be out birding.

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

10,000 Birds

Second, reading about birds courting and parenting brings out the tendency to identify, which leads directly to anthropomorphism, the tendency to assign birds human emotions and thoughts. Peregrine Falcon nests. We simply refuse to squee. Some people love books like that. Familiar is not necessarily common.

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