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

10,000 Birds

Black-faced Pitta is found only on one of the Solomon Islands (northwest of Australia). The books work best when the birding is coupled with the human element. There go my plans for a 10,000 Birds write-in campaign. The endangered Gurney’s Pitta is losing habitat due to deforestation. edition of the book in the fall. (At

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