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Birds

Laysan Albatrosses

December 7, 2011 by Duncan 5 Comments

While I often tease Corey about how many albatrosses we have down here in New Zealand, the fact is that the United States has...

Birding

Big Ticks; What Was Your Last New Family?

November 30, 2011 by Duncan 17 Comments

I often poke fun at listers I perceive as being more interested in ticks than birds. (Listing ticks I mean, I have yet to meet a...

Trips

Birding Kadavu and Nadi in Fiji

November 23, 2011 by Duncan 8 Comments

As introductions to tropical Pacific birding go, you could do a lot worse than Fiji. Their combination of isolation and size makes them a...

Birds

Grey-backed Terns

November 16, 2011 by Duncan 2 Comments

Or is that Gray-backed Tern? Nope, it’s the Spectacled Tern now! Oh that kooky IOC list. Anyway, returning once again to one of my...

Birds

Finding a place for the Piopio

November 9, 2011 by Duncan 1 Comment

One common feature of the relationship between early explorers and colonists and the birds of the New Worlds was the tendency of said explorers to name birds after familiar...

Birds

Kakariki or Red-crowned Parakeets

November 2, 2011 by Duncan 2 Comments

Just a quick one this week as life is crazy and rattles relentlessly onwards. Since everyone loves parrots, I thought I’d post some pictures of one...

Birds