It’s a tree you may not notice until it turns saffron yellow in the autumn months. You’ll see the natural blanket of fan-shaped leaves that unfolds beneath its trunk as the tree sheds. And you may stop in awe, not realizing how many times you’ve passed this tree without a glance and only now, see [...]
I have Colleen Patrick-Goudreau at Compassionate Cooks to thank for this post. Patrick-Goudreau is an Oakland-based vegan cook, author and speaker. I landed on her page while looking for some vegetarian counterpoints to the current offal-tinged culinary scene — and the food ethos sprung from the words of Michael Pollan.
Pollan in his early writings [...]
I helped a fellow volunteer with a class presentation this month — on the topic of birding by ear. I was asked to help, not because I can, in fact, identify birds by ear. But because I’m reasonably adept at editing sound files and attaching them to Keynote (or Powerpoint) slides.
I can’t post any of [...]
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As will sometimes happen, I had in my possession, a rescued bird — a pigeon who’d been foraging among the food aisles of a local grocery store — and who, apparently, could not fly properly. I often volunteer for wildlife transport. I would take the pigeon overnight and transport him to [...]
Honestly, I don’t know how long they’ve been back. A serious birder or “twitcher” ** would be your source on that. I’m into the natural symbiosis of me and bird — not so much active pursuit.
** That link, by the way, takes you to an interesting NYT article on delineations between the serious and not-so-serious [...]
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