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

10,000 Birds

So little is known about Green-breasted Pitta, that he cannot get a definite location for the bird, or a recording of its display call. (He Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. If you want to travel the world birding and drinking beer, The Jewel Hunter is a must-buy. And mosquitos. And leeches.

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Come@Me: Watching Gulls is for Weirdos

10,000 Birds

My mind wandering off: A century ago, birding meant hunting birds and we stole the term from hunters – it may be time to steal another one: “Lord John came abreast of me, however, and his face was more grave than was his wont. Here in the continental south of Europe, gulling season is definitively winter. Back to gulls.

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