Rachel Carson and the Veery
01 June 2026

Rachel Carson and the Veery

BirdNote Daily

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Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, and her beloved friend Dorothy Freeman shared a love of nature, and especially of one bird: the Veery, a type of thrush. Plain looking as it is, the Veery has a particularly beautiful song.

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