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Week Five: We arrive in the land of Kiwis

10,000 Birds

We were picked up at the Christchurch airport by our family friend, Neville Blampied, who as it turns out, is an amazing local bird guide, disguising himself as a Professor of Psychology at the University of Canterbury. Just before I go to the car, I heard the crazy squawking that could only be parrots.

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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

10,000 Birds

At the same time, care has been taken to eliminate exotics no longer a presence, such as several of south Florida’s parrots. And, that falcons are about as far away from hawks as a bird family could get. The group pages show how much the taxonomy of certain bird families has changed over the past 13 years.