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Ornithologist Olin Pettingill Jr Celebrates Bird Life
Wayne Maine AP profile of Olin Sewall Pettingill Jr a famed ornithologist author and wildlife filmmaker. The 69 year old former Cornell director renovated revision of Guide to Bird Finding East of the Mississippi and revising its Western edition. He recalls changes in bird life and emphasizes sanctuaries beyond highways. Pettingill’s Falkland penguin work for Disney sparked his film career and his late wife Eleanor is cited in his biographical notes. He favors seabirds and prairie birds and maintains bird life only in artwork and feeders at his home.
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