Birds are dying. Wildfires in the Amazon are destroying their habitat and burning their chicks alive. Millions die annually colliding with office tower windows. Closer to home, Mattie investigates a mortality event where dozens of starlings fly into the pavement as if committing suicide. Even the...
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Birds are dying.
Wildfires in the Amazon are destroying their habitat and burning their chicks alive. Millions die annually colliding with office tower windows. Closer to home, Mattie investigates a mortality event where dozens of starlings fly into the pavement as if committing suicide. Even the Saunders Exotic Bird Sanctuary, where rescued parrots abandoned by their owners are rehabilitated and re-homed is no longer safe. A deadly virus has them dying in her hands.
Mattie leans on Simon, her rock and refuge, but his commitment to justice for First Nation's people is threatening their relationship. Can you love someone whose cause excludes you because of your race? Someone who keeps his activities secret saying it's for your own protection?
After spending weeks at remote protest sites, leaving unexpectedly to respond to crises wherever and whenever, and then working with Wendy Walters, the attractive, ambitious indigenous politician on her re-election campaign, Mattie’s had just about enough.
When Simon proposes a vacation on the Mexican Riviera, she sees it as an opportunity to for her to recover and is hopeful it’s an indication he’s reconsidering his priorities.
She didn’t realize while on vacation he’d want to attend the Conference of Indigenous Peoples in Chiapas. Mattie’s annoyed but decides to indulge her passion and do some tropical bird watching rather than attend a boring conference.
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