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View ArticleThe 10 at 10: January 3
1. R.I.P. Pete Postlethwaite. 2. Men through the ages of one to 100. 3. The pot calling the kettle a bad journalist. 4. Better late than never. 5. Let’s keep the cliches coming. The sky is...
View ArticleThe World Is Ending
(Click for full-size image) In case you aren’t aware, 2012 has come a year early. After thousands of birds fell from the sky in Arkansas earlier this week, animals across the world have been dropping...
View ArticleAt Night I Fly: The Good Life Introduces Spoon Jackson, a Poet Behind Bars
Spoon Jackson writes from prison of the freedom he enjoys as he flies: “My heart pounds behind no chest.” Editor’s Note: The Good Men Project initially published this poet at New Folsom in “Spoon...
View ArticleBird Lovers, Bird Haters
Birds are a symbol of freedom and hope. To Spoon Jackson and other inmates, they are sacred guests. Now that the most vicious and outlandish bird hater has been transferred to another prison, I hope...
View ArticleThis Man Looked at Some Birds on a Wire and Saw Musical Notes. Listen to How...
“I was curious to hear what melody the birds were creating,” said Jarbas Agnelli. Is that not what art is—all things curious? —- Here’s the story of this video in Jarbas Agnelli’s own words: “Reading...
View ArticleShy Guy Seeks Shy Girl
Does social behavior in birds have any parallel in human society? ––– Male birds that exhibit ‘shy’ social behavior are much more likely to join flocks of birds with a similar personality than their...
View ArticleCormorant Control: Reducing Avian Predation of Salmonids
Lethal methods of managing predators raise ethical concern, but may be the most efficient option to prevent avian predation of young, endangered salmonids. Probably my least favorite topic of...
View ArticleA Purple Patch
The climate in the UK is changing, and wildlife’s rhythm is the book where we can read the small marks of change. — Winter is drawing to a close and Spring is surging up through the ground beneath our...
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