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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

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. 152))–and the happiness one feels when your best birding friend who loves sparrows finds a special sparrow. Not an enticing subject, I think. Rogers can.

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Life, Love, Slugs & Snails

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few days later she getting spinal biopsies and bone marrow samples to see if she had cancer or leukaemia. I'm the type of guy who normally tries to remain stoic and hold my emotions in, it just generally takes a lot for me to cry, but the tears came flooding out the moment i heard she was going to be ok.

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Marybeth Lima tells her birding and personal stories in straightforward, honest language that never skimps on detail (sometimes a bit too much detail) but never overflows on emotion. These are story illustrations, a little clunky, a little humorous, a little unique.

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Meditation on the Cheap

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There are countless CDs and downloads and books, but MyYogaOnline is not only convenient (as in, you don't have to leave the house), but it is also very inexpensive to join (and you can view sample videos free of charge), and the videos are beautifully produced. I sometimes experience despair thinking about all of the suffering.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

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.