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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

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It was the same day George Floyd was killed. In Better Living Through Birding , Chris tells us stories of his life, a very unique life, but he also crafts his experiences so we can relate to them as birders and as people. Because being a birder means you experience life through that framework. I remember that day.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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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.