On Sun, 7 Nov 1999 wrote:
> Trevor Ford wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone thought that one of the reasons twitchathons might not capture
> > the public imagination is because it's such a bloody stupid word?
>
> Everybody else uses 'bird races' but then you have to explain that its
> you, not the birds that are racing so its not much better.
Not everyone uses "bird race". In Canada "birdathon" has been used for
many years, originally by the Long Point Bird Observatory, and now by the
enlarged organisation "Bird Studies Canada". In recent years the money
raised was around Can$ 150,000.00 (about the same in Austr.$'s). Many
individuals raise over $1,000. I have never found any problem in getting
not only birders, but many other friends and acquaintances to support me.
Good birding everybody
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