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Sophie S.'s avatar

Oh I've been thinking of getting that book, but haven't yet because I have so many bird books already and do I really need another. I guess, after reading this, the answer is yes 😉

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Dan Keane's avatar

I’m new to bird books, honestly, so I can’t say where it sits in the canon! But I was delighted by this one, more than I imagined I would be!

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Zach Dodson's avatar

Remember that chonky guy that perched outside our window? He hung out for about a week, and we named him Pidgeona Regiano in honor of italian brain rot

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Dan Keane's avatar

I think he would approve. I think wood pigeons sing opera in the shower

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Rosie Whinray's avatar

I went to the launch, it was very wholesome: https://substack.com/@rosiewhinray/note/c-149423386

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Dan Keane's avatar

Ah! I should've gone. Would've compromised my reviewer's neutrality, I suppose

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Rosie Whinray's avatar

LOL it's NZ, there's no neutrality. It's one big flat

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Dan Keane's avatar

Ha! And who left the damn dishes in the sink

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Susan Elliot's avatar

Great review - and the book is readily available.

It will join Ray Ching's The Huia & Our Tears and New Zealand Birds Field-Studies on my bedside table - a reminder of what we can so easily lose.

Yes we fiercely love our birds - and our bird artists.

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