Birds, Family, Fish and Solomon Islands

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

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

It’s my fantasy and it’s yours: Quit the job, say good-bye to the family, and bird. British birder Chris Gooddie, my new birding hero, not only dreamed the fantasy, he lived it. That’s Pitta, people, not Antpitta, which is what I foolishly first envisioned, having never birded beyond the Americas.)

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Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands

The Pelican is not a New Zealand Bird

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2012

As 10,000 Birds’ New Zealand beat writer, I sometimes should write about New Zealand birds, but today I thought I’d talk about a bird that people thought was one but almost certainly wasn’t. So what were these Australian birds doing in New Zealand? But it seems the story wasn’t so clear cut.

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

The Pelican is not a New Zealand Bird

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