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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.” . Jonathan Trouern-Trend’s Birding Babylon: A Soldier’s Journal From Irag , a lovely little 2006 book, is also well worth your time.

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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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