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A wing and a prayer

guardian.co.uk » 2010 » January » 12th » A wing and a prayer

Tagged: books, features, culture, the guardian, birds, wildlife, conservation, margaret atwood

Birds have always been endowed with symbolic portent – from Chekhov to Hitchcock to Twitter. We ignore their decline at our peril. There are glimmers of hope, but only if we act now urges Margaret Atwood How to justify the ways of men to birds? How to account for their attraction for us? (For, despite Hitchcock's frightening hunt-and-peck film, The Birds, it is mostly an attraction.) Why is … Continue Reading »

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