jonathan meiburg a most remarkable creature

To me anhingas are among the most beautiful birds, and maybe the most like their dinosaurian ancestors of any birds. I’ve been told that anhingas aren’t really supposed to be here, or that this is north of their range, which is shifting due to climate change. Once, when the creek was clear, I watched it hunt, and it flew along underwater like a fish. It’s fun to watch-the long snaky neck and the way it hangs its wings out to dry like laundry. Recently an anhinga started roosting by the tidal creek that runs through my backyard. This interview was conducted electronically between there and Wilmington, North Carolina. In 2018, Meiburg organized and performed in a three-night live reconstruction of David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy for WNYC’s New Sounds program. But he’s best known as a musician-albums and performances by his bands Loma and Shearwater have earned critical acclaim for many years, often winning praise from NPR, the New York Times, the Guardian, and Pitchfork.

He also conducted one of the last interviews with Peter Matthiessen. He’s written reviews, features, and interviews for publications including The Believer , Talkhouse, and The Appendix, on subjects ranging from the music of Brian Eno to a hidden exhibition hall at the American Museum of Natural History. Like the omnivorous birds at the heart of his book, Meiburg is more generalist than specialist. Meiburg explores these passions in his new book, A Most Remarkable Creature, which traces the evolution of the wildlife and landscapes of South America through the lives of the unusual falcons called caracaras. Watson Fellowship to travel to remote communities around the world, a year-long journey that sparked an enduring fascination with islands, birds, and the deep history of the living world. Jonathan Meiburg was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1976 and grew up in the southeastern United States.

Jonathan meiburg a most remarkable creature