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Ornithology: All eyes on the 10,000 species

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Stuart Pimm considers the obsessive, sometimes dark side to the joyous pursuit of watching birds.

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  1. Stuart Pimm: He directs the non-profit SavingSpecies, and tweets @StuartPimm.

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