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Latest from Book of Birds: “Song Sparrow”

When I was a kid my doctor dad always carried a Song Sparrow in his pocket. And it would sing out beautifully whenever someone was in need of help. Tweet Tweet Tweet Triiilll! It would go, and then my dad would hafta rush off to help them no matter what. We could be anywhere whenContinue reading “Latest from Book of Birds: “Song Sparrow””

Latest from Book of Nature: “Dead Birding Expert”

A lady who guided weekly birding groups in Northern Arizona died recently. I went out with her group several times last summer and learned a lot about the local birds. Like how the Common Yellowthroat goes ‘witchity-witchity,’ how the western Yellow-billed Cuckoo can be found in riparian habitats, and how the L’s are pronounced likeContinue reading “Latest from Book of Nature: “Dead Birding Expert””

Latest from Book of Nature: “4 Shitty iPhone Pictures of the Moon”

it was a full moon in the summer wilderness and the magic hadta be captured somehow my arms and hands were too small, too far away my vision and mind too impermanent, too unshare-able but I did have my iPhone 6 so I pointed it to the sky and pressed the button the photo was…Continue reading “Latest from Book of Nature: “4 Shitty iPhone Pictures of the Moon””

Latest from Book of Nature: “Fisherman with a Beer”

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Latest from Book of Nature: “Bagging”

We went out to the pond near our place looking for the things that really stand out and make you feel more alive. At first everything was pretty typical. Trail, water, trees, sky. There were some common birds like mallards and house finches but nothing really thrilling. Then suddenly we spotted something unusual in aContinue reading “Latest from Book of Nature: “Bagging””

Latest from Book of Nature: “Glacier in Sandals”

Westminster, Colorado is about 15 miles away from the geographic moment when the mountains suddenly burst outta the plains. It’s a demonstration of the glorious power of geology, and it seems to rub off on you the closer you are to it. There is a pain from not being as close to this as IContinue reading “Latest from Book of Nature: “Glacier in Sandals””

Latest from Book of Nature: “It’s Hard for Wild Animals”

I mean, look at what’s happening to the Polar Bear. Its true nature is to relentlessly hunt the blobbedy seals of the North Pole ice shelves, but we’ve fucked with degrees Celsius too much, and it’s getting to the point you can easily imagine a world in which every Polar Bear is swimming toward aContinue reading “Latest from Book of Nature: “It’s Hard for Wild Animals””