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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). On the other hand, Phoebe Snetsinger’s memoir, Birding on Borrowed Time , becomes tedious because of her lack of emotional disclosure. The endangered Gurney’s Pitta is losing habitat due to deforestation.

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