"Little is known about the local birdcatchers, many of whom lived in near poverty at the fringes of society. . . These were often family ventures, with tatterdemalion youngsters sent into the fields and woodlands...Though the work was socially unrespected, it was not unskilled...bird catchers might have been functionally illiterate, but they had to be accomplished natural historians..."
~ L. L. Haupt, Mozart's Starling, 31-32
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31932836-mozart-s-starling
I was pleased to learn this new-to-me word. In my immediate vicinity, it seems to suit t-shirts that have seen better days.
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Shall I learn more about starlings now
https://genius.com/Tori-amos-starling-lyrics
They are arooooound....
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