The Free Library of Philadelphia has extensive archives donated by Mary Bond and (far more recently) by me. As a result of my extensive research into my book, I’ve come across several places where you can learn more about the
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I am pleased to announce that the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia will soon make available to researchers the collection of real James Bond, Mary Bond, and Ian Fleming books and memorabilia that I recently donated.
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In the course of the research for my book, I discovered that (gasp), the real James Bond was a closet bird-watcher (or he slept with one). On one of Mary Wickham Bond’s notepads for the summer of 1956, I found
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I just came across an album that blends electronic music with the sounds of endangered birds in the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. The album’s producers write: “For the album we chose 10 endangered or threatened bird species and challenged
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Charlie Quinn shared this terrific shot of the endemic Barbados Bullfinch getting ready to peruse James Bond’s classic Birds of the West Indies. In Barbados. Thanks, Charlie! You can read more about this smart bird here: https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/national/16087245.bright-birds-share-human-intelligence-trait/ I love what
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The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology just published a paper by Gerhard Aubrecht of Austria about James Bond and his bird contributors (literally and figuratively) in the West Indies. It features extensive research into Bond and the birders he consulted for
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Had a great time talking about Jim Bond and Caribbean conservation last week — with a lot about coral reefs, sandy beaches and the fish that Bond collected for science. The webinar, sponsored by The Nature Conservancy on New
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One of the highlights of my trip to Cuba in 2016 was meeting the great ornithologist Orlando Garrido. I met him as part of a group of birders who visited Cuba with the Caribbean Conservation Trust. The biggest reason for
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A new iteration of Birds of the West Indies came out last year. It arrived after I submitted my manuscript, so it’s not mentioned in The Real James Bond. But that doesn’t preclude my posting about it. I recently ordered
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I had hoped to visit the Yale Art Gallery this spring to see an incredible exhibit by the artist James Prosek, but then Covid-19 hit and the museum had to close. The good news is that the exhibition has been
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