In my ongoing effort to live up to Henry James’ admonition to be someone “upon whom nothing is lost,” I keep my iPhone loaded with mind-improving podcasted and iTunes U-delivered lectures, interviews, and other audio recordings to which I can listen whilst employed in any activity requiring little attention itself but that prevents me from(…)
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BWD Trifecta
The November / December 2012 issue of Bird Watcher’s Digest contains not only my original review of Bernd Heinrich’s new book Life Everlasting; The Animal Way of Death but two field gear related articles I wrote as well: “Understanding Porro Binoculars; A Partisan’s Perspective,” and a review of the Meopta MeoPix Adapter for the magazine’s(…)
What The Robin Knows
Some Native American traditions teach that it is only through a profound experience in your life that you discover your true name. Not long after taking up bird watching, I discovered mine: Stumbles Through the Forest Frightening the Wildlife. No matter what I did, the minute I stepped out of the car and onto the(…)
The Lord God Bird
I will be perfectly honest; when I first opened the envelope containing the review copy of Tom Gallant’s The Lord God Bird and saw the title of the book, I may have and likely in fact did utter something along the lines of “Oh no, not another Ivory-billed Woodpecker book.” However having now read it(…)