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Isolation, a.k.a. Business as Usual

10,000 Birds

In fact, if I remember correctly, it was 2013 when I first noticed (from an office window) a huge collection of sticks at the crown of a large immortelle tree. We counted seven of these alluring birds while I killed my camera battery.

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Still the Same Hawk: A Review of a Book about Nature and New York by a Native New Yorker

10,000 Birds

I thought of this experience as I read Still the Same Hawk , a collection of twelve essays about nature and New York City, edited by John Waldman. I usually enjoy collections of articles and essays, they allow me to sample different writers and different ideas. I wish I could say the same about the other pieces of writing here.

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