In his famous work Parerga und Paralipomena, the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer put forth the dilemma faced by a group of hedgehogs who need to huddle together in order to share one another’s body heat and thus better survive the cold.
Continue Reading →At long last the much anticipated second edition of the Collins Bird Guide: The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom, and Peter J. Grant is now available…
Continue Reading →NHBS Environment Bookstore is reporting that the much anticipated publication of the second edition of the Collins Bird Guide: The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe by Svensson, Mullarney, Zetterstrom, and Grant has been delayed until 2010.
Continue Reading →File this under “would that I were.” If you are, unlike me, fortunate enough to be attending Birdfair, the British Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water later this month, please do me a favor – give my best wishes to a few friends of mine whom I haven’t seen for far too long.
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