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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

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Jonathan Trouern-Trend’s Birding Babylon: A Soldier’s Journal From Irag , a lovely little 2006 book, is also well worth your time. It’s like being with a bunch of his squaddies down at the Gas Light bar on a Friday night, laughing and chaffing while downing pints, and listening to his stories.

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Come@me:Cameras with AA batteries are the best

10,000 Birds

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. In 2006 we chose a Nikon Coolpix S4 , which ran on 2 AA batteries and I became the photographer once again. Photo of an original photo taken in 1981.

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