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re: from the top end

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Subject: re: from the top end
From: nivenmccrie <>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:22:13 +0900
Hi all
the area around the old highway south of Fergusson River was certainly 
a good one, not just for Gouldians. Hooded Parrots were often there 
and also on occasion were Jacky Winter and Hooded Robin, both of which 
are scarce that far north. I was quite devastated when I first saw the 
swathe of destruction through the site for the railway, but must 
remain hopeful that there is enough good habitat still there to 
continue to support those and all the other birds that are normally 
about. I have seen all the species above on both sides of the highway 
so perhaps all is not lost.

As for whether the shops stock Denise's book, I presume in her 
marketing she tried to get it into all places she thought possible. 
It's not the case of sellers not being interested in bird books, just 
not interested in *all* bird books!

Finally : ) If people want to look at waterfalls or  crocodiles and 
not birds, that's fine by me. The NT is a good place for it. And not 
all bird tours or guides can be expected to be perfect. I have heard 
some scathing comments about general commercial tour operators or 
guides saying they are bird specialists and then showing they knew far 
less than the foreign visitors, making some quite ridiculous errors of 
identification and charging a lot of money. But perhaps that's not as 
bad as the 'moan' I heard about some bird guide who only now and again 
mentioned birds during brief pauses in the monologue of their life 
story.

Happy birding
Niven
 

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