'Birds just passed me by for three quarters of my life' Learn to bird with writer Nicolien Mizee

by A Quattro Mani
16 December 202130 March 2022
8 min read
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She could barely tell a sparrow from a wren, and almost gave up bird watching. But now writer Nicolien Mizee effortlessly recognises a barred siskin or a dipper. Nicolien Mizee's Bird Book is meant to encourage laymen like herself. 'You just experience so much more of your surroundings.'

How romantic: the wild swan brought writer Nicolien Mizee and her husband Rob together about 15 years ago. She chuckles as she recounts. 'Rob was one of the le...

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A Quattro Mani

Photographer Marc Brester and journalist Vivian de Gier can read and write with each other - literally. As partners in crime, they travel the world for various media, for reviews of the finest literature and personal interviews with the writers who matter. Ahead of the troops and beyond the delusion of the day.View Author posts

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How romantic: the wild swan brought writer Nicolien Mizee and her husband Rob together about 15 years ago. She chuckles as she recounts. 'Rob was one of the le...