Bird watching is one of those pastimes that can be learnt in five minutes but takes a lifetime to master (if even then). While it essentially requires only one book to practice – a field guide to the birds of the area in which one intends to watch birds – seemingly countless volumes have been […]
ornithology
Nineteeth Century Snapshot
Reading old naturalist essays as I frequently do, I have come to accept certain anachronistic ideas or pronouncements as simply to be expected.