>
Hi all, I thought this response sufficiently zany to retransmit.
From: "Donald Messersmith" <>
>
>Tony:
> As an American birder deeply interested in Australian birds,
>birding, and birders, I have been following the twitching (listing,
>that is) debate with great interest. Apparently your rules to add a
>bird to your lists are very similar to ours in spite of translation
>difficulties with our common language.
>
> I might be able to clarify one of your questions included in your
>message to Jesse.
>
> At a recent meeting of the ABA (the initial "A" stands for American,
>not Australian in this case) the amount of heat generated by
>discussions among "listers" boasting about their lists was so great
>that a rising bubble of superheated air ascended upward just as a
>passing Bald Eagle drifted overhead and sent the unfortunate bird
>upward so high that it reached Birder's Heaven, stayed briefly and
>when it descended later, non-the-worse for the experience, and was
>captured, it had a message attached to its leg from our recently
>departed birding Guru, the late Roger Tory Peterson, who sent a
>message saying that Birder's Heaven is located directly over North
>America and that there is presently a great debate going on between
>the Birder Angels (they are those departed souls with a Life List
>over 700 North American birds) as to whether twitchers can even be
>admitted to that heavenly place where all the birds can be seen in
>perfect light and don't fly away prematurely. A few who've been to
>those distant lands where twitchers are endemic are arguing to admit
>them.
> So, carry on, Mate, some of you from OZ may get there yet.
> Cheers!
> Don Messsersmith
> And look at this!!!! -------------------- Lister--- YERK!!
> Australian List
> - 475
> (and coming for
> more)
> (Eds note) Just a beginner.
Tony Russell,
Adelaide, South Australia
08 8337 5959
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