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A FERVOUR FOR FEATHERS

“I WROTE A GOOD CHUNK OF IT WHILE RIDING ON TRAINS ACROSS BELGIUM, WHICH WAS A VERY PEACEFUL PASTIME.”

How did your passion for birds start?

It’s a bit fuzzy but at a young age I flipped between different interests, including dinosaurs, insects, gemstones, seashells, ten pin bowling, and gondolas. The bird obsession managed to hold on and grow exponentially. Seeing a particular species of bird for

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