TheWoWDBYou can find the spot at (29,81) in Hellfire Peninsula. Don't forget to open up the nets next to the little house to make the Female Kaliri Hatchling pop.
Quest
Birds of a Feather
A World of Warcraft quest in Hellfire Peninsula. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
The highest voted Wowhead comments for this page. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments.
As you stand around 26,62, in front of the Den of Haal'esh, looking south at four Haal'eshi Talonguards patrolling the entrance, you are probably wondering whether you have to fight through the bird-creatures, all the way down into their chasm and then all the way back up to get to the nests at the end around 28,79 (or so).
You don't. That's the sucker's way!
First of all, check around the entrance for small nests. I found one guarded only by two owls (actual birds, not humanoids), at 25,71, just to the west and above the entrance. It only had a male bird so it didn't complete my quest but you might get luckier. It was also gone 20 minutes later when I checked but it might be there for you, give it a look. And keep your eyes open as you go, for the small nests with the tiny red glow at the center.
The fast way to get to the final hut at 28,79 is to go around the chasm. Look to the east of those four Haal'eshi Talonguards patrolling the entrance. Up on the rocks there's another Talonguard. At level 60 I was easily able to walk past the four ground-level guards and kill the guy on the rocks. By then riding on the rocks, to the east of the chasm, I made it all the way to around 30,78 without aggroing another mob.
From there I just had to kill about 4 casters to get to the little hut with the two nests, one of which had my female.
This quest goes well with Magic of the Arakkoa (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9396) and, since you're going east around the birdmen anyway, The Great Fissure (http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=9340).
I opened approximately eighty, yes, eighty of these nests. I spent about 2 1/2 hours opening nests, and got over 100k exp from just killing the birds and other monsters around the area. This is officially the stupidest, most frustrating quest I have ever done. I never did get the female hatchling...
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-30
Quest ID9397
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(9397))
Requirements
FactionHorde only
Read from the Blizzard quest API.
What to do
StorylineHellfire Peninsula, step 76 of 103
Rewards10g 50s, 4,100 XP
Description
The Haal'eshi arakkoa have domesticated a beautiful bird species called the kaliri. I've managed to capture a young male and they appear to be trainable. The females are much rarer, but if I had one I could attempt to breed them. She has to be young, though... a hatchling. An older wild bird wouldn't survive in captivity. Take this cage and travel south, to the Den of Haal'esh. Search the nests for eggs that are ready to hatch. If you bring me back a female hatchling, I'll reward you handsomely.
Where to go
Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.
Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaIn-game waypoint: /way #100 27.7 60.3
Coordinates
- Turn-inHellfire Peninsula 27.7, 60.3
/way #100 27.7 60.3 - Objective area (centre of the marked area)Hellfire Peninsula 26.0, 75.1
/way #100 26.0 75.1
Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.
Nearby on the Hellfire Peninsula map
- Warning the Cenarion Circle about 660 yards
- Honor the Flame about 1,640 yards
- Desecrate this Fire! about 1,770 yards
- Battle Pet Tamers: Outland about 1,930 yards
- Between Worlds about 3,000 yards
- Warchief's Command: Outland! about 3,100 yards
Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Hellfire Peninsula, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.
Getting there
Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Hellfire Peninsula:
- Falcon Watch, Hellfire Peninsula
- Swamprat Post, Zangarmarsh
- Thrallmar, Hellfire Peninsula
From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:
- Objective area
Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.
Community notes from Wowhead · 63 comments
Top 3 shown aboveThe comments below were written by Wowhead users. They are community notes, not TheWoWDB comments. See them in context on Wowhead.
The top 3 are shown in Top Comments above. Read all 63 on Wowhead.
Other quests on the Hellfire Peninsula map
Reward details
Reputation: Silvermoon City +250
The capital of Quel'Thalas, home of the blood elves. Though nearly destroyed by Arthas' attack on the Sunwell, Silvermoon is once again a thriving city.
Reputation group: Horde.
Other quests in Hellfire Peninsula that reward Silvermoon City reputation: The Great Fissure (+250), In Need of Felblood (+250), The Cleansing Must Be Stopped (+250), Arelion's Journal (+250), The Road to Falcon Watch (+250), A Pilgrim's Plight (+250).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Storyline
Hellfire Peninsula
Part 76 of 103.
Previous: Trueflight Arrows · Next: Arelion's Journal
- 71Shizz Work
- 72Beneath Thrallmar
- 73The Great Fissure
- 74Marking the Path
- 75Trueflight Arrows
- 76Birds of a Feather
- 77Arelion's Journal
- 78Arelion's Secret
- 79The Mistress Revealed
- 80Arelion's Mistress
- 81Source of the Corruption
- 82In Need of Felblood
Showing steps 71 to 82 of 103.
Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Trueflight Arrows
With the influx of pilgrims and the encroachment of Alliance forces, things around Falcon Watch have gotten quite busy lately. In my spare time, I usually help prepare batches of arrows for the rangers, but I haven't had the chance to gather feathers for the fletching in a long time.
After this quest
Taken from the storyline's own step order.
- Arelion's Journal
My husband, Arelion, had been fascinated with the Pools of Aggonar ever since we arrived in Outland. He spent much of his time studying slimes, of all things! He went missing in there a few days ago. They say he's dead and there's nothing I can do about it.
Other quests with this name
This one: Horde only · Hellfire Peninsula · Level 10-30.
Also counted by To Hellfire and Back
Its criteria name 17 quests; others include:
- Voidwalkers Gone Wild
- Smooth as Butter
- The Cleansing Must Be Stopped
- Marking the Path
- The Mag'har
- Arelion's Mistress
- Cruel's Intentions
- Testing the Antidote
The storyline at a glance
Hellfire Peninsula has 103 steps, from Eradicate the Burning Legion to Natural Remedies.
Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Hellfire Peninsula (103).
Steps of this storyline count toward:
Other storylines on the Hellfire Peninsula map
- Zangarmarsh
- Burning Crusade Chromie Time Breadcrumbs
- Battle Pet Tamers
- The Highlord's Return
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.
Achievements
Completing this quest counts toward this achievement.
- To Hellfire and Back: its criteria name 17 quests, this one included.