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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

Her editorship list includes Antarctica: Life on the Ice ( Travelers’ Tales, 2007 ), Solo: On her Own Adventure (Seal Press, 1996/revised 2005), and Two in the Wild (Vintage, 1999); she’s also written a memoir about her own kayak adventures, My Reach: A Hudson River Memoir (Cornell Univ.

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Proposal for the National Bird of Australia

10,000 Birds

Picking it would just be sealing the deal – as it’s already on the official seal too. Pros – it’s big, doesn’t look too much like a chicken, tastes good, is found in most of Oz and has some experience of the job. I learnt this week that this bird is also known as a bin chicken.

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