{"id":14017,"date":"2020-06-03T10:01:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?p=14017"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:53:14","slug":"avian-friends-naturecracy-and-artocracy-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-dr-nduka-otiono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/2020\/avian-friends-naturecracy-and-artocracy-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-dr-nduka-otiono\/","title":{"rendered":"Avian Friends, Naturecracy and Artocracy in the time of Coronavirus \u2013 Dr. Nduka Otiono"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Avian Friends, Naturecracy and Artocracy in the time of Coronavirus \u2013 Dr. Nduka Otiono\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was yet another beautiful dawn during the novel coronavirus lockdown in Orleans, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The lazy warmth of the spring sun was filtering through our window. A house wren, nesting in our backyard, a patch of land privately screened off with emerald green arborvitae trees from a popular road, was warbling joyfully again. Although, I first noticed it last spring, I did not pay much attention to the bird and its avian companions. Under COVID-19 lockdown, however, I have rediscovered my old hobby of birdwatching, making me something of an amateur ornithologist.&nbsp; It made a lot of difference to me that I did not have to leave our home to indulge in a childhood passion that the hustles of everyday city life in normal times had nearly torpedoed. I must confess that I have been enjoying every moment of it, happily becoming an unofficial host. From the bathroom window and the porch of my kitchen, I see them flirting and mating, twittering in their peculiar avian language, flapping their wings and as carefree as only birds can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thelagosreview.ng\/avian-friends-naturecracy-and-artocracy-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-nduka-otiono\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was yet another beautiful dawn during the novel coronavirus lockdown in Orleans, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The lazy warmth of the spring sun was filtering through our window. 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