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= Romney Bathurst =

Birding Accomplishments
As of 2020 Bathurst has seen 8131 species of birds in seven continents and 90 nations. That is 75% of the known avian species of the world. She saw her 8,000th bird species in West Papua in 2019 and continues to add to that number.

Early Career
Bathurst retired from a career as a stock broker in Florida in 1982. She became interested in birding later in life on a trip to the Shetland Islands in 1999. This trip was fallowed by a more formative cruise accompanied by a famous guide to seabirds.