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To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.

Gore Vidal
Men, Bird, Tree
Gore Vidal (1987). “Armageddon?: essays 1983-1987”, Andre Deutsch Ltd
To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.