10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2011
The purpose of the trip wasn’t specifically to look for birds, it was my flatmate’s birthday, and her family had booked two of the houses on the island so that we could enjoy a weekend break away to celebrate. At the same location it was possible to watch Spotted Shags collecting nesting material and try and get airborne.
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 1, 2011
People ask me about my favorite story in the collection. After talking to Barb’s family, there wasn’t a doubt in my mind that they were anticipating her passing with a sense of weary relief, so I was surprised when the hospice nurse called me on the day of Barb’s death and asked me to come out to the home quickly. A poodle.”.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2018
He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. That’s pretty much the reaction of anybody hearing this for the first time.
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