The first of the dishes presented was woodcock encased in sauce, and my mother-in-law - a devoted bird-watcher and member of the Audubon Society - lost her appetite.
It was taken by a bird-watcher who does not want to be named as he fears that could identify the location of the eagles’ nests, and put the birds at risk from angry hill farmers.
I've never been a bird-watcher in the hobby sense of the word but last summer I took a special liking to a little blue jay that came by our place every morning.