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

10,000 Birds

It was the same day George Floyd was killed. I was concerned and horrified that this happened in my city and astonished when this seemingly local story became national then international news. I remember that day. A trip to Nepal with a non-birding boyfriend, with the goal of climbing the Himalaya to the foot of Mt. .’

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

There are owls in New York City. The 26 essays in When Birds Are Near are all about the real-life and emotional spaces where people overlap with birds. The two stories about New York City are personal favorites, of course.