10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Long before I moved in New Zealand, or visited or even knew much about the wildlife here, way back then I knew about the Poor Knights. In New Zealand I’d even dived the astonishing Milford Sound in Fiordlands National Park, but I didn’t make it to New Zealand’s most famous dive site until January of 2009.

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New Zealand Belize Vanuatu Fish 181

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

For example, I was going to add “no tail” to the list of features above, what all frogs share, when I remembered that there are indeed a small family of Tailed frogs, four species in New Zealand and two in North America (though, the tails are quite tiny).

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 185

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Each chapter focuses on a specific geographic area of penguin population: (1) Antarctica, (2) South Georgia, (3) Falkland Islands, (4) South Africa and Tristan de Cunha, (5) New Zealand and Australia, (6) South America and Galapagos. The organization works out quite logically if you are planning a trip to, let’s say, New Zealand.

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

One utterly baffling discovery was the statement in a birding magazine that many American birders were reluctant to go to Mexico because the birds there “wouldn’t count” (the article, I should point out, did not subscribe to that view). This brings me, in a roundabout way (as is my want) to New Zealand birding and listing.

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Species New Zealand Zoos Chickens 179

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

On a beach in New Zealand, a dolphin came to the rescue of two pygmy sperm whales stranded behind a sand bar. In Torquay, Australia, after a mother kangaroo was struck by a car, a dog discovered a baby joey in her pouch and took it to his owner who cared for the youngster. Photo by Flickker Photos. the Spring 2011 issue of YES!

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100