People who pay attention to birds come to love the changing seasons, and have favorite moments in the world of birds that mark the calendar in their minds with days of celebration. Many devout birders think of fall as the time for passing migrants: today may be the day when they see a rare warbler […]
People who pay attention to birds come to love the changing seasons, and have favorite moments in the world of birds that mark the calendar in their minds with days of celebration. Many devout birders think of fall as the time for passing migrants: today may be the day when they see a rare warbler […]
On an average morning, Susan Glass can sit on the patio at her condominium complex in Saratoga, California, and identify as many as 15 different bird species by ear: a Steller’s jay, an acorn woodpecker, an oak titmouse. For her, birding is more than a hobby. “Birds are my eyesight,” said Glass, a poet and an English professor at West Valley Community College who has been blind since birth. “When I check into a hotel in Pittsburgh, I might remember the rock dove and the house finch in the parkin