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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

10,000 Birds

Some of his finds are the first documented records of the bird in that area or the first decent photograph of a little-known species. And sun bears. There go my plans for a 10,000 Birds write-in campaign. If it were just the birds, I’d grab my bins and be on the next plane to Asia or Africa. And mosquitos. And leeches.

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

10,000 Birds

Possibly the first documentation of a ship-assisted bird in history, undoubtedly sailing off the edge of the world. At the time, this amounted to heresy and resulted in the suppression of his writings by religious authorities for centuries (though his antipapal campaigns probably had something to do with that, as well).

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