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Armchair Splits in the Pacific

10,000 Birds

After getting a Banded Woodpecker on my last full day my eBird life list was sitting pretty at 1500. I’m speculating, but the aggressive and ornery nature of honeyeaters may have afforded it a small amount of protection from introduced species.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

10,000 Birds

He is a writer and communicator whose day jobs have taken him to six continents and more than 25 countries, including Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Kenya, and Cameroon. His fascination with birds and nature began at the age of four or five, and he now works full time in conservation of Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River birds and ecosystems.

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