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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

10,000 Birds

He found some solace when, at age eleven, he became entranced with birds – specifically, with a Green Woodpecker — and that sighting, he says, “took me to another, safer world.” . As McMullan tells it, birding goes pretty well with the military lifestyle, at least for himself and a select few others. He probably should do.

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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

10,000 Birds

Charles Harper’s Birds & Word s is the signature book of this bird and nature artist’s career. As an independent illustrator, he regularly contributed art to Ford Times , a “lifestyle” magazine published by the Ford Motor Company. These are images that are hard to resist, even for birders enthralled with realism.

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A long way from nowhere

10,000 Birds

We are remote but what a great lifestyle! Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! We can see forever-well, till the curve of the earth anyway! Broome Accommodation Mar 7th, 2011 at 7:50 pm A great post, thanks Clare, always great to see some of our local critters being documented.

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