The Mystery Birds Library: the south Pacific Ocean region | @GrrlScientist
Field guides to birds of the south Pacific Ocean region used by the Mystery Birds series I decided that I would show you the field books I am using for the Mystery Birds series and ask you which books you recommend that I add. These books cover the south Pacific Ocean; Indonesia, Malaysian Borneo, East Timor, the Philippines, Brunei, and Oceania -- a region that comprises a number of subregions; Polynesia, Micronesia, Malaysia (or the Malay Archipelago), and Australasia (Melanesia). I'll be honest, this is my favourite part of the world, a part of the world I discovered as a child when reading a dusty beat-up paperback version of The Malay Archipelago lurking on the bookshelves. Alfred Russel Wallace's insightful and fascinating stories spoke to me across time and space, igniting my lifelong passion for this region; its birds, languages, landscapes, cuisines and peoples. That passion inspired me to...
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