But I kinda like the idea that a young guy considers birding as cool as jazz. “When I started as a kid, I was probably the youngest member of the local bird club by about 30 years,” Sarbanes says.

It was about the size of a Eurasian collared dove. Unlike many other pigeon species, the males and females looked different. Males had a noticeable bright orange throat and chest and a bluish-grey ...