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Birding Inner Mongolia

10,000 Birds

So, to claim that I birded Inner Mongolia is a massive exaggeration. Let’s move to the birds). A bit reminiscent of the fable of the hare and hedgehog, with me as the hare (I guess) due to my use of planes etc., In other words, a hedgehog should always take care that his wife is also a hedgehog, and so forth.”

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

But hedgehogs? There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. The reasons for this perceived lack of birds are threefold. California Quail are familiar birds to West Coast birders of North America, and Kiwis too now. Of the 130 or so birds brought to New Zealand 39 managed to establish themselves here.