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    Oct 10, 2020 4 minutes
    BY MATT MENDENHALL

    Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder, by Julie Zarankin, Douglas & McIntyre, 2020, paperback, 256 pages, $18.95.

    The list of authors who can say that their received praise from birding legends Kenn Kaufman and Scott Weidensaul must be exceedingly short. One member of such a club, so to speak, is Julia Zarankin, a Toronto- based writer whose work has appeared in newspapers, literary journals, and magazines (including ). Kaufman lauded Zarankin’s new book, calling it a “sparkling memoir” that “tells a deeply personal story that manages to shine a light on universal themes.” And Weidensaul wrote: “By turns hilarious and moving, it traces Julia’s journey — almost against her will — into the world of birds and birding,

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