The Reluctant Twitcher
THE RELUCTANT TWITCHER
THE RELUCTANT TWITCHER
Richard Pope
Foreword by Graeme Gibson
NATURAL HERITAGE BOOKS
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Copyright © Richard Pope, 2009
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Pope, Richard
    The reluctant twitcher : a quite truthful account of my big birding year / by Richard Pope.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-55488-458-2
   1. Pope, Richard. 2. Birds--Ontario. 3. Bird watching--Ontario--Humor. 4. Bird watchers--Canada--Biography. I. Title.
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and the
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through the
Book
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and
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Government of Ontario
through the
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, and the
Ontario Media
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This book is dedicated to the memory of my
father and great friend, Ernie Pope, and to the
memory of Charlie Molony and Ott Devitt
Contents
F
OREWORD
BY
G
RAEME
G
IBSON
List of Illustrations and
Photographs
Front Cover:
Northern Wheatear
.
Painting by David Beadle.
All maps and illustrations by Neil Broadfoot.
P
HOTOGRAPHS
Sam Barone
Jean Iron
Sam Barone
