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Please Don’t Ask for an Aztec

10,000 Birds

Only the 2017 and 2019 sighting were in the same general area; although the first sighting there was of a family unit, and the second was of a single bird. On January 29th, I decided to investigate the results of a major forest fire last year at one of my favorite routes. My photos got a bit better… And then, boom!

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

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.