Month: March 2025

Dr. William W. Arnold had four decades as a successful physician under his belt. More recently, he’d become an avid amateur ornithologist. But he never thought to combine these two skill sets for the benefit of “the large number of maimed birds ever present here in Colorado Springs” until he was approached by a young…

Note: Last month, the folks at Audubon interviewed me about how I got started writing Bird History, how I go about researching each story, and why learning about the history of exploiting and protecting birds is so important. Check out the Q&A here! Farmers, industrialists, homemakers, and mechanics leafing through a 1918 issue of DuPont…