The English language, or at least the adherents thereof with more time on their hands than sense, has bestowed us a great number of...
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I’ve decided to get into the bird tour business. I mean, how hard could it be? Get up early, point at lots of birds,...
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New Zealand has a very odd biota these days. There are the endemics, which are odd in their own way, and then there introduced...
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It’s been months since I was in Borneo but for any number of reasons I’m still writing about it. This isn’t cause I’m still...
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While New Zealand is famous for its endemic oddities, once upon a time New Zealand also had many birds from groups and families that...
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New Zealand has one of the direst records of extinction is modern times, second on really to Hawaii in terms of bird species lost. I’ve written...
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Last Sunday marked the end of an era in New Zealand with the sad passing of the conservationist and ornithologist and all round inspiration...
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Six posts over seven weeks may seem a lot to devote to the wrecking of New Zealand’s bird fauna. Perhaps it is, although entire...
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