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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Her essays are structured pieces of writing with layers of personal stories over literature over memories, punctuated with emotions, a little bit of philosophizing, and humor. Her first birding book, When Birds are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers (2020), is a smartly curated collection of essays from new and experienced writers.

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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I knew he was also a former Marvel comic book writer and editor, but did not know that he also, unsurprisingly, had a history of involvement in LGBTQ and Black rights advocacy. But before that, it was these feathered dreams that would carry me across the globe on adventures, in search of birds in faraway places. (p.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Both McWillam and Hammer express mixed emotions about Lendrum–they abhor his actions but admire his talents–they stress his climbing abilities but he’s obviously also skilled at finding the nests–and his bonhomie fabrications, even the most ridiculous lie is given repeatedly and confidently.

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