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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

10,000 Birds

He found some solace when, at age eleven, he became entranced with birds – specifically, with a Green Woodpecker — and that sighting, he says, “took me to another, safer world.” . More Birds Than Bullets: My Life With Birds is his account of the centrality of birds in all of these endeavors, and in his life.

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Come@me:Cameras with AA batteries are the best

10,000 Birds

A long time ago, before many of you may have been birding, I got my very first camera. I received this camera as a birthday gift from my parents in May 1981 when we lived in Kuwait and it was incredibly clever, because it enabled me to take two types of photos. After all, I am birding first and photographing second.

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