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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

10,000 Birds

He describes his experience in his introduction to Birds & Words : I took my first good look at birds as subject matter. I didn’t see scapulars, auriculars, primaries, tail coverts, tarsi—none of that. Both appear almost childishly simple on the surface, and reveal layers of surprising information on repeated viewings and readings.