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Bird’s Eye Series No. 1.

Program Notes: Despite recent contradictory evidence, this is not a bird blog. I’ve just been around a lot of birds lately. Yesterday I joined my sister and her grandsons (my great nephews, age 6 and 11) on a visit to the Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The photos in the sets presented over the next few days are from our spring break field trip.

One of the advantages of seeing captive birds close up is the change of perspective it brings. Birds up close show off their inner dinosaurian selves. There is a menacing glimpse of theropod ancestry in their eyes. “Fear us,” it says. “Be very afraid.”

Bird’s Eye Series No. 1.

Program Notes: Despite recent contradictory evidence, this is not a bird blog. I’ve just been around a lot of birds lately. Yesterday I joined my sister and her grandsons (my great nephews, age 6 and 11) on a visit to the Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The photos in the sets presented over the next few days are from our spring break field trip.

One of the advantages of seeing captive birds close up is the change of perspective it brings. Birds up close show off their inner dinosaurian selves. There is a menacing glimpse of theropod ancestry in their eyes. “Fear us,” it says. “Be very afraid.”