Birds

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The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 Charles Darwin 1845

a truly great wild-life-protection volume of 607 pages, by Mr. Forbush, entitled "_Game Birds, Wild-Fowl and Shore Birds_."

Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

Tea Birds is a blog that posts photos of women drinking tea.

Boing Boing 2007

For those playing along at home, "The Loyalty of Birds" is a story I plucked out of the slush pile, loved immediately, and quickly forwarded to the boss.

Books in 2009, #9 pabba 2009

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Posted in Birds and Wildlife, Outdoor

Ptarmigan Town » Dave Brosha Photography 2009

I like this quote from Louis de Bernieres in Birds Without Wings.

Interview: Jack Ketchum odysseyworkshop 2009

I don't have an opinion on the new book, since I haven't read it, but based on my readings of Frog Hospital and even some of the stories in Birds of America, I'd have to say your assessment is more or less on target (though I have some affection for both books).

A Sad Decline 2010

Amateur Reader – The Thorn Birds is in the third person.

Father Ralph and Humbert Humbert « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

Even the story "People Like That Are the Only People Here" (collected in Birds of America), which is ritually cited as Moore's finest work, seems to me mostly an exercise in sentimentality, its supposed mordancy of tone notwithstanding, invoking that most maudlin of narrative devices, a child in distress, without redeeming it.

A Sad Decline 2010

Even the story "People Like That Are the Only People Here" (collected in Birds of America), which is ritually cited as Moore's finest work, seems to me mostly an exercise in sentimentality, its supposed mordancy of tone notwithstanding, invoking that most maudlin of narrative devices, a child in distress, without redeeming it.

March 2010 2010