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Brilliant, I love your descriptions here. Someone once said that if you hear a bird you don't recognise, it's probably a Great Tit.

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This was so beautifully done - but that poor wood pigeon. Also, I think all pigeons get a bad rap generally, they're gentle, resourceful, adaptive - and have the most beautiful, seductive voices...

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What a wonderful essay. The language, the imagery! Thank you.

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Always glad when I pause to read your piece. This is a particularly lovely one. Thanks.

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Jul 12Liked by Lev Parikian

"I do. I care to listen."

Those two short sentences of yours are why I care to read your words and why I now listen. Thank you.

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Jul 12Liked by Lev Parikian

The best sort of email to wake up to. Glorious. Thank you.

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Jul 12Liked by Lev Parikian

Beautiful. From ‘stroke of a half-charged paintbrush’ onwards, this has given me all the feels this morning. Thank you 🙏

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No no thank YOU

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Jul 11Liked by Lev Parikian

“barging the air aside” is such a perfect description!

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Jul 11Liked by Lev Parikian

I want to share the sound of the north American pileated woodpecker, the bird whose appearance and call brought about Woody Woodpecker --

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/539847

Woody is, like your green woodpecker, large and raucous.

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Marvellous

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Jul 11Liked by Lev Parikian

The little display flight of a wood pigeon puts me in mind of an 8 year old boy cresting a small humpback bridge on a bike and sticking his legs out to get the maximum flying freedom as the boy and the bicycle soar downwards.

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Excellent analogy

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