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The Catbird Seat

10,000 Birds

As a kid and teenager, I’d listen to the St. Louis Cardinals on the radio in Ozark, Missouri. Because while everyone who’s taken middle school English Lit knows why it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird, everyone who listened to baseball on the radio knows why it’s a great thing to be in the Catbird seat.

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The Little Big Year-week 46: All this fun comes to an end

10,000 Birds

With four days to go in 2018, why not try for a few more, right? Marty St Louis – Manager at Summer Lake NWR, Summer Lake Oregon. A few nights ago, I sat out in a light snow/rain mix, in the pitch black of Madera Canyon, trying to find a Whiskered Screech Owl. Nick Coetzee – South Africa. Carol and Livia – Doha, Qatar.

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Half Hardy

10,000 Birds

When he’s not looking for birds, which is not often, he enjoy music with banjos in it, disc golf, good beer, progressive politics and the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team and he’s not particularly shy about sharing his opinion on any of those things. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.