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Please Don’t Ask for an Aztec

10,000 Birds

On January 29th, I decided to investigate the results of a major forest fire last year at one of my favorite routes. Once I felt I had gone as close as ethically possible, I stopped and took photo after photo of the male. My photos got a bit better… And then, boom! The money shot! They are out there, always.

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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.