Imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon Emmet Blake’s classic The Birds of Mexico in the used-book section of a birder’s gift shop. First edition, in very good cdition, with dust jacket. Blake was a Bond contemporary and one of
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My new book, The Peregrine Falcon, is here. This spring, I’m giving several talks and a launch event — free and open to the public. The book, published by Schiffer, is 244 pages, with 90 awesome images (most are in color). List
Carroll Tyson, the real James Bond’s uncle, was a noted artist, and his portfolio of 20 fine-arts prints of the birds of Mount Desert Island is still prized and highly collectible. A print of Tyson’s Great Grey Owl, for instance,
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My long-time blog provider, Typepad, has gone out of business, and I’m switching to WordPress. I’m migrating this blog’s contents, learning the ropes, and adding content. Please bear with me.
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Jim and Mary Bond’s place on Mount Desert Island is up for sale. Just saw it on the Forbes website, which includes a nice reference to my book, “The Real James Bond,” for Schiffer Publishing. To be
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One of my favorite experts on movies and 007 is Jamie Skinner from Down Under, who keeps me abreast of things Bond. Here’s his latest — definitely worth a read. There’s been no time to fly for a new Bond
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This spring I’ll be speaking about the real James Bond at New Jersey Audubon’s Spring Weekend in Cape May in late May (date and time TBA) and two venues on Maine’s Mount Desert Island: *The Jesup Library on June 11
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When I wrote The Real James Bond several years ago, I figured there’d be another 007 movie by now. No such luck. Now it appears that the creative logjam has been unstuck, with Amazon buying the key rights to the
007 Back in Action Sooner? Read Post »
On June 12, I’ll be doing a talk for the Friends of Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine, about two of their favorite former summer residents, (the real) James Bond and his uncle, the artist Carroll Tyson. The talk
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Happy birthday to noted ornithologist and identity-theft victim James Bond, who was born on this day 125 years ago today. Bond was born at 1821 Pine Street, a four-story brick building that’s still standing. It is now apartments. Here’s a bit
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