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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. One of the tools people use to identify themselves with certain subcultures, consciously and subconsiously, is language. 5) Have a sense of humor.

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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. In 1952, at least in the US, no one wanted to be a Debbie Downer. It turned out that all our tools and will didn’t mean we could just keep the bits we liked and drain the rest for highways.