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A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

10,000 Birds

And the nandu, a South American rhea, has an intriguing chick-survival strategy: a week before hatching, the male (who does the incubating) pushes one egg out of the nest. And, given the complicated questions of morality inherent in various parts of her story, she has the perfect (and perfectly ambiguous) ending. Accidentals.

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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

10,000 Birds

” Contemporary environmentalism arrived too late to prevent the passenger pigeon’s demise due to market hunters, but the two phenomena share a historical connection. Of course, by now most people know they have been slaughtered by hunters for their ivory. A newly created U.S. But I digress.

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