In the famous exchange on the subject of pastry in the musical Guys and Dolls, in rebuttal to Nicely-Nicely Johnson’s encouragement to try to the cheesecake or the strudel, both wildly popular, when it is discovered that the restaurant in which they are sitting is sold out of Danish that day, Nathan Detroit observes “That’s […]
Born Again Bird Watcher Archive
The archive of posts from the original Born Again Bird Watcher blog.
The Soiled Underwear Bird?
For those who might not yet have discovered it, Princeton University Press is publishing quite a respectable blog to bring news of their new and forthcoming titles to the attention of the reading public. As Princeton has long been a cornerstone publisher for works of natural history, particularly ornithology, it is indeed encouraging to see […]
Accidental Invertebrate
Sorting through my ever-growing image files, I happened upon a collection that I recorded (can we really say “took a photo” anymore now that most everyone has gone to digital cameras?) on my visit to Panama last October. Regular readers may remember that this was the trip on which I went ill-prepared, photographically speaking, and […]
Neither Hero Nor Villain
As a naturalist, it seems decidedly wrong to me to allow the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin to pass without acknowledging the fact and pausing at least a moment to offer a philosophical reflection.