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“The (Big) Year that Flew By: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record”

10,000 Birds

“My Big Year is such a succession of new experiences that there is simply no time to think of other things. When Arjan reached Suriname, his count stood at 3,646 species, with just under half a year left. I’ve had so many incredible experiences. It’s something that we rich Western people treat rather flippantly.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

And the very best and the most up-to-date field guide is Birds of Malaysia – Covering Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo and Singapore ”, the 2020 Lynx and BirdLife International Collection guide by Chong Leong Puan, Geoffrey Davison and Kim Chye Lim.

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