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Diving New Zealand – Goat Island

10,000 Birds

Diving has taken me to places like Belize, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Egypt, places that coincidentally are fun to bird. Particular highlights were a massive Long-tailed Stingray , pipefish (long relatives of the sea horse), nudibranchs, goatfish and a New Zealand Eagle Ray. Kina, or Sea Urchin. I was a diver before I was a birder.

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Gulls Simplified: A Gull Book Review

10,000 Birds

Five species are grouped in a chapter titled (4) Dark Horse Gulls (Rare or Unlikely Gulls). Twenty are gulls likely to be seen in North America; these are divided into three chapters: (1) Small to Medium-sized Gulls and Hooded Gulls, (2) Gray-backed White-headed Gulls, and (3) Large Dark-backed Gulls. Close-up of Laughing Gull Range Map.