10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. Or, to keep the priceless feathers hidden away in drawers, protected in small plastic bags, prized in secret. That’s pretty much the reaction of anybody hearing this for the first time. Simon Baron-Cohen, cousin to the comedian.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 104

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

Author Callahan is a birder, trained taxonomist, and staff writer for Birdwatch magazine. by Arthur Ransome, 1947, starts with an affectionate recollection of a children’s book, in which a group of kids identify and protect a possibly rare bird (Great Northern Diver?), Number 57, Great Northern? 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no.

Collecting 173

Collecting Mauritius Egypt Cyprus 173

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors trace the creation of swamps, wetlands, and meadows by farmers, and then the destruction of wetlands by the building of golf courses, the loss of meadows by the construction of train tracks. This is a project that clearly spanned decades. It’s a very mixed chapter. Another big year memoir? I love reading all of the above.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 154