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Joe Sultana: Il-Wirt Naturali ta’ Għawdex. A BirdLife MaltaEkoGħawdex publication, 2018. As I grew up in Sir Paul Boffa Street in Victoria (Gozo), I noticed that one of our neighbours – a middle-aged man of average height wearing a beard – used to visGozo’s flora and fauna
Joe Sultana: Il-Wirt Naturali ta’ Għawdex. A BirdLife MaltaEkoGħawdex publication, 2018. As I grew up in Sir Paul Boffa Street in Victoria (Gozo), I noticed that one of our neighbours – a middle-aged man of average height wearing a beard – used to visit and stay in a house next door with his wife and two children. When I asked why, unlike our other neighbours, he did not stay on a permanent basis, the reply was that the gentleman’s name was Joe Sultana; he hailed from Xagħra, but crossed to Gozo to spend time observing nature and doing bird ringing. The reason for his frequent visits became more obvious when my elder brother began to accompany him on these ventures which took place various hours before dawn. When, recently, Il-Wirt Naturali ta’ Għawdex came into my hands, I instantly guessed that the author would be the same Joe Sultana, an accomplished ornithologist, writer, visionary, environmental activist, but above all, a naturalist. As Jason Aloisio states in the foreword to the book, Il-Wirt Naturali ta’ Għawdex began as a series of articles that the ex-editor of Il-Ħajja f’Għawdex, Joe W. Psaila – an established poet and writer himself – invited Sultana to write, for... Read more