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A Birder’s Guide To…INDOCTRINATION

10,000 Birds

Birding by bear is by far the best way to view the park, although it seems to terrify the hoofed animals. No one, aside from your therapist, wants to spend time with a Debbie Downer. Various European tourists have taken to calling me “Beastmaster&#. Birdmaster would be more appropriate, but I do not mind. Here we go! 1) Be weird.

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Hey, What About the Great Auk?

10,000 Birds

That’s one reason, probably the biggest reason, why we don’t have centennials for animals that become extinct in the wild. If you choose to consider 1944 the year, most people were a little busy right then. In 1952, at least in the US, no one wanted to be a Debbie Downer. Or Bachman’s Warbler. Will it work?