RE: A big lister's quest4 Jun 2023 17:05
"Rotating through embassies as a diplomat allowed Kaestner to get ahead as a big lister. He’s lived all over the world: the U.S., Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific. During his career, he’s studied 13 languages. He once spoke six—English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Hindi, and German—with professional fluency, plus a handful of “birding languages,” as he puts it, with proficiency adequate for getting by on birding trips: Swahili, Bahasa, Arabic, Punjabi, Dari, neo-Melanesian, and Afrikaans."
A remarkable life full of danger and excitement....when he discovered an unknown bird.
He name will become immortal.
🍻 NOM