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

10,000 Birds

Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. There is a lot more to tell: descriptions of remote villages, delicous exotic food, unusual exotic food, going hungry, preparations for treks into isolated jungle areas (does one buy Quaker Oats or a live chicken?), The Jewel Hunter can be frustrating in this respect.

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Best Bird of the Year 2012

10,000 Birds

Considering the bird survived a season in an area saturated with hunters and birds of prey, this facemelting rarity deserves our respect. This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida. I traveled to the other side of the world just to see a chicken!

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