I adored Pokémon as a child. Now I collect critters of a different kind in a hobby I’m uniquely suited to – birdwatching | Jayce Carrano

Every player has experienced that fierce loyalty to one pocket monster or another. The same is true here The Pokémon franchise has turned 30, which means that it’s been a long time since a childhood friend and I braved Pokémon Blue’s haunted Lavender Town together – solemnly handing the Game Boy back and forth in the first (and perhaps last) documented case of two only children sharing something. For most of my 29 years, I couldn’t have cared less about birdwatching. But as it turns out, this...

By Jayce Carrano