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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

10,000 Birds

As McMullan tells it, birding goes pretty well with the military lifestyle, at least for himself and a select few others. As shown by the photo, below, of McMullan and Merlin, his Eurasian Eagle Owl friend, McMullan is a rough-hewn 6’4” foot bear of a man; he describes himself as resembling a character from the World Wrestling Federation.

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Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars-Henrik Olsen

10,000 Birds

There are several books on feathers that also include some footprints of birds, maybe owl pellets. This is very bad news for a group that is largely nocturnal and has adapted to a secretive lifestyle, and is thus best detected by its tracks and signs. This small pine tree was very recently demolished by a brown bear.

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