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In Fine Feather, Birders Connect With Wild World
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When the young Elliott Coues first saw a scarlet tanager, the
beauty of its form and motion struck him like a thunderbolt.
The bird "flamed through the green foliage like a vision," Coues
recalled years later. "The fiery trail of a meteor could not have
left a more indelible impression."
That moment in his youth set the course of Coues' life. He
learned everything he could from observing birds and became one of
the 19th century's leading ornithologists.
My interest ...
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