Dem’s Fightin’ Birds

In Guyana, manliness is measured by the sweetness of a sparrow’s song
By Larry Frolick
Field Notes · From the February 2007 magazine
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“Lots o’ ruffians hangin’ about, bad for trouble. We got better things to do.” As we drive away through the square, the men with the birdcages are standing stock-still, poised like runway models at the end of their turns, protecting their tiny charges from the heat of the afternoon sun with their own shadows.






Larry Frolick's most recent book is Grand Centaur Station: Unruly Living with the New Nomads of Central Asia (McClelland & Stewart, 2004)
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