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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

10,000 Birds

McMullan had some sort of spiritual awakening in Bosnia when he saw a woman weeping outside her destroyed home. But he pretty much drops the subject, except for a final Chapter 9, “My Transition,” when he addresses it briefly, and says “I could write a book about these experiences alone.” He probably should do.

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How I Become a Birder

10,000 Birds

Somewhere between the latest TV footage from Bosnia, I saw a pair of ornithologists, one a biology student, the other one the Natural History Museum director, birding the nearby mountain. Birding a different continent allowed me to put all my experiences and knowledge into perspective and to discover how much more fun birding could be.

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