Thirty-minute birder column: Birders, deployed

January 12, 2023 · by · in Published writing & podcasts · 5 Comments

What I love most about writing this column, as well as the ever-present excuse to pop out birdwatching (“It’s work love!”) is the fascinating people I meet from the birdwatching community. And these particular folk had some amazing stories to tell, as well as some great photos…

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  1. maolcheandearg's avatar
    maolcheandearg · · Reply→

    Love the article! Great idea!

    Have you come across this little gem? It sits on my shelf as a treasured gift from an A Level Greek student who went on to study Assyriology! Has there ever been a more appropriate gift?!

    P 🦜

    1. Amanda Tuke's avatar
      Amanda Tuke · · Reply→

      Thanks Paul. What’s the little gem? sadly I can’t see it 😦

  2. maolcheandearg's avatar
    maolcheandearg · · Reply→

    Birding Babylon – A Soldier’s Journal from Iraq. Jonathan Trouern-Trend (2006).

    1. Amanda Tuke's avatar
      Amanda Tuke · · Reply→

      Absolutely! & I’ve quoted from it in the feature 🙂

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    maolcheandearg · · Reply→

    🙂 Must find time to write a retrospective piece on the birds seen from my classroom…

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