10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2020
Gaines, notwithstanding that the story (1) takes place in the Uruguay of 1999, with plenty of commentary on the Uruguayan political scene of that time, (2) is narrated by a bird illustrator who identifies the birds he sees only by their common Spanish names, and (3) flashes back to the use of torture by South American juntas in the 1970’s.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2017
I was looking for a new project to write about on Wikipedia, something unusual, and this species appealed for reasons I can’t quite define. I wondered about whether that could be extrapolated for the region (Santa Fe) or even the whole southern part of its range (Argentina and Uruguay). It was both mysterious and plain. .
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
His obsession with all things feathered has led him to visit 20 countries around the world in the pursuit of thousands of different species of birds to watch, photograph, and enjoy. On Hokkaido there are three primary species that people go to see in the winter – the Big Three as I think of them. There is no contest.
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