10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It’s the subject of the eleventh essay in this collection, almost smack in the middle of the 22 pieces that comprise the book. The essay, less than 11 pages long and illustrated with a black-and-white photo of the star of the piece, is a sample of the excellent writing that characterizes Learning the Birds. Rogers can.

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Birds Sparrows Connecticut New York 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

’ “Is this going to be a collection of essays?” Like the best Big Year books, Adventures of a Louisiana Birder has a deeply personal layer to the bird quest, in this case experiences of danger and recovery, frailty and loss, mourning and hope. ” I wondered. But, in Chapter Three the book takes on more shape.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The 26 essays in When Birds Are Near are all about the real-life and emotional spaces where people overlap with birds. This is a sampling of the literary array Rogers has gathered from birders who write and writers who love birds. The essays range widely in place, bird, and voice, though the emphasis is on the North American.

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