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10/19/2010

Chewing the Fat

On the trail of Rubens.

by Morgan Meis

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12/22/2009

The Bad Seed?

The impact of birdfeeders on art, media, the economy, life...

by Jesse Smith

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09/04/2009

Name Tags

On the strange evolution of taxonomy.

by Jesse Smith

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08/26/2009

Bird Brain

Is art criticism so easy that a pigeon can do it?

by Morgan Meis

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04/30/2009

Duck, Duck, Goose

Celebrating deception at the bird carving world championship.

by Jesse Smith

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08/21/2008

Guiding Light

Why we keep buying new field guides.

by Jesse Smith

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03/17/2008

The Forest and the Trees

As nature writing can show, it's not obligation but love that leads to protection of the land.

by Jessa Crispin

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03/04/2008

The End of the Affair

It used to be enough just to own books. But then I stopped loving them.

by Paula Marantz Cohen

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