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Petrel Paradise

10,000 Birds

Birders who have been to California might be familiar with the latter two, indeed we would be close to the Poor Knights Islands later in the day, the site of the only breeding colony of Buller’s Shearwaters in the whole world. We ended up staying out a long time, because there was one conspicuous no-show, the New Zealand Storm-petrel.

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Hong Kong Trip Report: February 2014

10,000 Birds

Mai Po Nature Reserve : world famous locale for shorebirds, waterfowl, waders, and wetland birds; wintering grounds for certain endangered species. Imagine me there raring to see more exciting Asian avifauna while the rest of the group screeches to a halt to spend 45 minutes admiring birds I see all the time in New York.

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