It was, perhaps appropriately enough, soon after I passed through Bird City, Cheyenne County, Kansas that I saw my first Northern Harrier on my recent visit to the USA. After that they were an almost daily presence which made me think of Hen Harrier issues back home frequently. Until recently this was regarded as a…
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A letter from America
Sometimes really nice things happen, and sometimes they happen at just the right time. Here is an email from America which I received yesterday morning, completely out of the blue: I greatly enjoyed reading A Message from Martha. Living on the beach in Florida, I saw swarms of birds wheel and swoop, and I thought…
A Message from Martha published in the USA today
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Today, A Message from Martha is published in the USA – six days before the exact centenary of Martha’s death in Cincinnati Zoo on 1 September 1914. Here are 10 reasons to buy and read my book if you are living in the USA or Canada: this was the most numerous bird in the world…
Guest Blog – Pop songs and pigeons by Karla Kane of The Corner Laughers
The Passenger Pigeon went extinct in 1914, the same year the Great War began. To commemorate the centenary of those two events, my band, The Corner Laughers, has released an ode to the last Passenger Pigeon, Martha, in the style of a First World War-era song (but with synthesizers, for no good reason, really). …
Guest Blog – How environmentally friendly is your cup of coffee? by Derek Thomas
Educated at Imperial College London, Derek Thomas (@Coffeewarblers ) spent his professional life as a mathematician, but has also had a lifelong interest and involvement in natural history. Now retired, he is fully occupied as a nature conservationist. He has served at a local and national level in many guises with a variety of organisations…