Dear Aussies,
For next year, I have taken up Trevor Snyman's (Natal Bird Club) challenge
of a test between Australia and South Africa for a big day. We will also
be looking for teams from New Zealand. Any Kiwi's out there willing to
challenge the cocky South Africans??? (see the accompanying to see what I
mean by "cocky"). As well, it looks like we will have a team (and more)
from Sri Lanka.
By the bye, I notice Margaret Cameron's team has put several of us
unfortunate sponsors into the poor house!! Congrats. Unfortunately I have
to leave Birding-aus for a while to concentrate on the anti-bushmeat
campaign, especially primate eating.
Cheers
Glen Ingram
Brisbane, Australia.
"Winning isn't everything, its also important to humiliate your opponent"
Hagar the Horrible.
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> From: Snyman, Trevor <>
> To: SABirdNet List <>
> Subject: Birding Big Day
> Date: Thursday, 27 November 1997 17:59
>
> Hi to the 'Net
>
> Despite there being no "official" test between ourselves and Oz on the
> comparative results of the Queensland Twitchathon and our BBD, Glen
> Ingram has sent me the results of the Queensland event, and impressive
> they were too! Thanks Glen.
>
> These are shown below. Some results did not come out, but the top 5 did,
> these being 224; 209; 198; 194; 178.
>
> Since the results were for Queensland, we cannot call our "unofficial"
> contest a test match, nor a Super 13 competition, (12 of us versus
> Queensland)
>
> I am therefore, because I live here, am putting my trust in the
> official Natal Bird Club team of Tim Wood, Gordon Holtshausen, Mike
> Ford, and Bob McCosh, to beat the 224 of the Queensland effort. I also
> put up the top five KZN teams to beat the top five Queensland results.
>
> How about taking this further, and putting up official BirdLife SA teams
> from each branch against each other? My team has been mentioned above,
> let's hear from the other BLSA branches.
>
> Queensland results :
>
> 1. Many Beaks 224
> > 2. Dog-tailed Barwits 209
> > 3. Unleaded Petrels 198
> > 4. Laref Stac 194
> > 5. Out For A Lark 178
> > Fluttering Flycatchers
> > 7. Serious This Time 174
> > 8. Stone Curlews 165
> > 9. Demented darters 161
> > Ruff Chance
> > 11. Grey-crowned babblers 156
> > 12. Coolum Kites 150
> >
> > 13. Helltown Hawks 147
> > 14. Tamborine Trillers 143
> > 15. Wretched Pipits 142
> > Maroochy Mudlarks
> > 17. Gold Coasters 141
> > Million Dollar Birds
> > 19. Burbank Bush Hens 139
> >
> > 20. Highland Hardheads 117
> >
> > 21. Sittella Albata Seekers 85
> >
>
>
> Trevor Snyman
> Tel: 031 - 7016700 (W)
> 031 - 7004631 (H)
> e-mail
> Fax 031- 7090858
>
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