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On Feb. 9, Peter Kaestner stood in the shadow of majestic Tinuy-an Falls on the Philippine island of Mindanao, on the cusp of a record he’d spent seven decades chasing and worried that he’d arrived too late. For years, nobody alive had seen and identified more bird species than Mr. Kaestner. An obsessive birder since childhood, Mr. Kaestner woke up that morning in February with 9,997 birds on his personal “life list” — more than 90 percent of Earth’s scientifically recognized species and three away from a singular milestone. A few weeks earlier, in an essay for the American Birding Association, he had outlined his plans to become the first person to document 10,000 sightings; shortly after, new information forced him to expedite his plans. “I realized when I was writing it that I was putting a target on my back,” Mr. Kaestner said from his home in Cockeysville, Md.
Persons: Peter Kaestner, he’d, Kaestner, lister, , , ” Mr Organizations: American Birding Association Locations: Philippine, Mindanao, American, Cockeysville, Md
The Eternal Search for the ‘Nemesis Bird’
  + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Joe Trezza | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
In the world of birding, Peter Kaestner stands alone. No one has seen and identified more birds than Mr. Kaestner, a retired U.S. diplomat who aspires to become the first birder to spot 10,000 of the planet’s roughly 11,000 avian species. With 9,697 on his eBird list so far, he is getting close. Yet for all the birds he has looked for and found, there remain a few that he has looked for and not found. “I made four 10-hour trips to twitch it, to no avail,” Mr. Kaester wrote in an email.
Persons: Peter Kaestner, Kaestner, Kaestner’s, , Mr, Kaester Locations: U.S, Congo, Central, Frankfurt
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