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Be a birding ambassador

I have been in the environmental trenches for 42 years now, striving like so many other ardent defenders of nature to move the agenda forward.

The question is always the same: How do we engage Society’s Rank and File, make them advocates of this verdant world?

I’ve come to realize that the solution has been under our noses the whole time: Simply make everyone a birder.

Birds are nature’s most obvious envoys. They are everywhere. They enjoy universal acclaim. They link people to nature.

The trick is not selling birds. I have unbridled faith that birds sell themselves. You are a

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