He started out with,
“_______was a way of keeping score.
[It] could turn
birdwatching into birding, an active game,
even a competitive
sport.”
A Brigantine incident
had him “resolved to look at birds more
carefully from now
on, look at them all, common or rare, to see if
I could really get to
know them. It was the beginning of the end
of my interest
in_______.”
He ended with the
sentiment that, “_______, at its best, could be
a wonderful quest… We
_______ birders, at our best, could be like
knights seeking the
Holy Grail – except that the birds were real
And we birders were
rewarded at every turn. If we made effort,
the birds would come.”
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AUTHOR? WHICH BOOK?
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