Category Archives: Birds

What It’s Like to be a Bird, By David Allen Sibley

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Risa

Back in June I made the excellent decision to retire – good god I’m old – from the best job I’ve had in my entire 30+ year career. I have many things to say about not working in shitty jobs … Continue reading →

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What an Owl Knows, by Jennifer Ackerman

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Risa

In my mind, this book was stacking up to be a dry treatise on the scientific orders* of owls (Tytonidae, the barn owls, and Strigidae, all the other owls). Case in point, it is subtitled “The New Science of the … Continue reading →

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Birds of a Feather

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Risa

It’s almost spring (YAY!!) and that means the migratory birds are on the move. And THAT means it’s almost time for my volunteer duties at the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory (PEPtBO – such an awkward acronym) bird banding station … Continue reading →

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