Actually, a good reason to have a look at that particular RS is that it
is a heroic individual. While you mightn't travel to the Gulf of
Carpentaria to see a bloke walking along a road, you might do so to see
someone like Jon Muir completing a solo crossing of the continent [9.30
ABC tonight].
You might see flocks of the species in Kazakhstan, but they won't have
that star quality ...
Regards, Laurie.
On Tuesday, September 7, 2004, at 09:38 AM, Lawrie Conole wrote:
For those frustrated easterners salivating over the Rosy Starling in
the far NW, can I suggest you just go a few extra miles and watch
these birds for real in Central Asia. Out on the steppe in Kazakhstan
and Kyrgyzstan in 2000 I recall seeing thousands of the blighters -
big wheeling flocks reminiscent of Galahs with the alternating
pink/dark flashes of colour. It looks like this local wanderer is
going to be a bit elusive on its own in such a big landscape - well
done to those who found it in the first place.
Laurie & Leanne Knight
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