Courtney talks to Portland-based acquisitions editor and author Paul Pastor, author of Bower Lodge: Poems and The Listening Day about surprising places to find hope, the importance of untamed spaces, and avian nature of hope.

Plus: the most charming Stellar's jay story you'll ever encounter.

Links from Paul's show:

Bower Lodge: Poems

The Listening Day

Free Birding & Ecology Resources

Merlin Bird ID

E-Bird

iNaturalist

Seek

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The Thing with Feathers is birds, birding, and hope with an obsessive newbie birder and a wide range of experts and special guests.

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Many thanks to Emily Dickinson, for having such a lovely poem in the public domain. Our music is by Del Belcher. The Thing with Feathers is hosted and produced by Courtney Ellis.

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