
The Big Yard
Birdwatching in a Time of Quarantine
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The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama BirdwatcherJanuary 23, 2023 The Universe is always speaking to us. We just need to listen. Two days after I wrote about my ambivalence of birding as rarity-driven chasing, checking-off-the-box listing, see-it-and-leave-it bird-spotting, three birders from Sweden drove up to the yard to…