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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

A description of the parenting habits of Emperor Penguins begins the lengthy chapter, “Family Matters,” about Chris’s difficult, intense relationship with his father. A trip to Nepal with a non-birding boyfriend, with the goal of climbing the Himalaya to the foot of Mt. Nah, sadly, probably not.

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Best Bird of the Year 2011

10,000 Birds

White-tailed Lapwing by Jochen Roeder Duncan made a surprising choice: While the twitchers might have gone with the lost Emperor Penguin that washed up in June , my heart belongs to another. On Seymour Island, my group witnessed a very human-like interaction amongst three boobies , one female and two males.

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