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Locked in Guangxi: An epidemic adventure, searching for birds

10,000 Birds

It is a deep intellectual and artistic exercise, which authentically captures my passion and emotion while watching birds. Hallé, ‘Atlas Poetic Botanic’, edition MIT Press, 2018). I was conversing with the birds of Guangxi through my drawings. Bird list (not exhaustive) based on IOC World Bird Names version 11.2:

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

10,000 Birds

And sun bears. On the other hand, Phoebe Snetsinger’s memoir, Birding on Borrowed Time , becomes tedious because of her lack of emotional disclosure. As I was finishing up this review, I discovered that Princeton University Press will be bringing out a U.S. Press, Fall 2012. And mosquitos. And leeches. And pit vipers.

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