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Review: North on the Wing by Bruce M. Beehler

10,000 Birds

I had to work my way past this to get involved in the story and reach the meat of the matter. But like many a tough nut to crack, the meat was worth it. He addresses this task with humble determination rather than florid drama, to the point that at times I lost track of how many species he had yet to see.

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The Crocodile Safari (Botswana)

10,000 Birds

Parasites penetrate the skin, travel through the blood vessels and finally (if you’re lucky) settle in the urinary tract where they happily breed, doing irreversible damage to it (and if you’re less lucky they might get confused and settle inside your spinal cord or even your brain). Andrew’s laconic answer was ‘No, I don’t think so.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat. But you can take solace in the results at the end of the breeding year, when loafing around the intertidal are a shiny new cohort of finely plumage grey youngsters, all ready to carry on Western Gull line into the future.