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According to various estimates, anywhere from 42 million to 60 million Americans consider themselves bird watchers--birders, to use the preferred term among the faithful. These people spend roughly $20 billion a year on items ranging from seed for backyard feeders to high-priced guided tours in pursuit of rare or exotic species. Only two purchases are required, however, to get started: a pair of binoculars and a field guide, i.e., a book illustrating the identifying characteristics of birds encountered in nature. A good field guide is a bird in the hand...
...November; And each drunken Lampoon member slowly staggered to the floor. With conscience bold and resolve steely, we took the name of Steve C. Hely Longing to see our friend fly freely--freely from the Lampoon door-- Never to perch again atop that painted Lampoon door-- We saved the bird, and nothing more...
...Fear not, Thresky; rest assured, you are our most beloved Bird-- We shall guard you from those Poonsters; cease your weeping, we implore! Shed no feather as a token of the cruel things they have spoken, Leave their solitude unbroken!--Stay with us forevermore! Leave their sad mock-Flemish castle to their new-made impostor! "You're safe," we murmured, "forevermore...
When a goose died this summer, they alleged it was killed by a dog--evidence, they say, that the geese need protection. The Friends offered to pay the MDC for an autopsy of the bird...
Clemente grew up and attended high school in Albany, N.Y., where he started all four years for his varsity basketball team. A Larry Bird fan, Clemente said his room at home is filled with all types of Bird memorabilia, from jerseys to posters. After a short stint at St. Thomas More, a prep school in Oakdale, Conn., Clemente came to Cambridge. But the decision wasn't as automatic as some might think...