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2/3 for the birds

March 14, 2021 by John Yunker

We’re losing birds, by the billions. Which is why I wanted to mention a movement in which you devote 2/3 of your land to native species of plants. If we …

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Categories Birds, Conservation, Ecology, Education, Endangered Species, Gardening, Insects, Plants, Sustainability, Trees

Bird by Word: Two reviews of American Birds: A Literary Companion

April 26, 2020 by John Yunker

As I finished reading American Birds: A Literary Companion I realized that there were two reviews I could write: the “typical American birder” review and the “atypical vegan birder” review. …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Ecology, History, Library of America, Nonfiction

Review: Edge of Awe: Experiences of the Malheur-Steens Country

September 29, 2019September 24, 2019 by John Yunker

Funny how a word can change on you. When I moved to Oregon nearly a decade ago, I first heard about the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, about the Steens mountain …

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Categories Birds, Book Publishers, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Essays, History, Hunting, Nonfiction, Oregon State University Press, What we're reading, Wolves

Where Song Began

September 29, 2019October 7, 2018 by John Yunker

What I most missed after a trip to Australia last year wasn’t the beaches or the local accents. It was the sounds of the birds. The plaintive cries of the …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Yale University Press

BirdNote: Chirp-sized bird stories from the popular radio show

September 29, 2019May 29, 2018 by John Yunker

Here in Ashland, Oregon, I listen to our local radio station KSKQ. And for the past several years I’ve enjoyed the weekly, two-minute BirdNote programs. So I was excited to find …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Sasquatch Press

Holy Mōlī: Albatross and Other Ancestors

September 29, 2019May 8, 2016 by John Yunker

The Laysan albatross is known as Mōlī in Hawaiian. It is difficult not to speak in superlatives when describing the albatross. The bird has a wingspan longer than most humans are …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans, Oregon State University Press
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