What percentage of the bird species in the Netherlands do I recognize? What percentage of the world would they “recognize”? I can stare for hours at the range maps in bird guides. A single species with habitat spanning arid steppes to frigid wetlands. Another species restricted to a (sky) island. These maps tell a story not only of bird adaptability and sensitivity but also, as the rustling of leaves in the wind, the diversity of landscapes and natural geographic barriers in the environme...
