", in some ways, is like a religion. Some people get hooked on birds gradually, but many other have an experience like Phoebe's, an awakening triggered by a "spark bird." Many religious people seek to transcend the everyday by praying or meditating; birders seek transcendence by spending time in nature. Bird clubs give them a sort of church, a community of like-minded people who offer companionship and support."
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Olivia Gentile
(born 1974) is a journalist and biographer, known for her 2009 book Life List: A Woman’s Quest for the World’s Most Amazing Birds. The book is a biography of Phoebe Snetsinger, a and the first person to see birds from more than 8,0000 different species. Gentile graduated in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in social studies from Harvard University and in 2003 with an M.F.A, degree in nonfiction writing from . She was a reporter for ' from 1999 to 2001 and ' from 1996 to 1999. She won the Vermont Pr
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