Hi all,
What a race!
Please see below the preliminary results for the Birds Australia 2006 Victorian
Twitchathon. (National Twitchathon results to follow.) In the end we had 9
teams participating in Victoria. The 24 hr race was decided by just 3 birds!
Birds Australia 2006 Victorian Twitchathon Results
24 Hour Race
1. (213) Bush Turkeys (Best Bird) Sooty Owl. Team: Sean Dooley, Peter
Lansley, Paul Peake, Nevil Amos.
2. (210) Seven Year Twitchers (Best Bird) Little Button-quail (Worst
Dip) White-necked Heron. Team: Tim Dolby, Greg Oakley, Fiona Parkin.
3. (182) Common Loudmouths (Best Bird) Spotless Crake (Worst Dip) Emu
(at Wyperfeld) & Royal Spoonbill. Team: Frank Mitchell, Greg Hunt, Philip
Jackson, Paul Kelly, Russell Thomson.
4. (143) Muskalorikeets' (Best Bird) Spotless Crake (Worst Dip) Wedgie
& White-throated Gerygone, heard on family property everyday. Team: Ken Norris
and family.
5. (142) Wooden Spoonbills (Best Bird) Pectoral Sandpiper (Worst Dip)
Lewin's Honeyeater (in garden everyday). Team: Noel Billing, Lynne Billing,
Brenna Billing, Asha Billing.
8 Hr Race
1. (151) Robin Rednecks (Best Bird) Bush Stone-Curlew (Worst Dip) Wedgie
& Pied Butcherbird. Team: Matt Weeks, Mick Ramsey.
2. (134) Norwegian Blues (Best Bird) Red-necked Phalarope. Team: Jack
Krohn, Phillip Krohn, Anthony Phelan, George Pergaminelis.
3. (123) Harris? Hawks (Best Bird) Common Sandpiper / Baillon's Crake
(Worst Dip) Nankeen Kestrel. Team: John Harris, Frank Rheindt.
4. (111) Insatiate Cormorants (Best Bird) Great-crested Grebe. Team:
Greg Pyers, Robert Gott.
Very big congratulations to the Bush Turkeys (not) and Robin Rednecks for
successfully winning the 24 and 8 hour races respectfully.
The best bird competition is yet to be finalised: although I reckon Bush
Stone-Curlew is the bird to place your bets on. Worst dip seems to be a tight
race: Emu at Wyperfeld, Wedgie in the north, or Nankeen Kestrel in the south.
Well done to everyone who participated in this remarkable sporting event.
All sponsorship will be directed towards the Birds Australia Victoria Research
Award, an award of excellence for ornithology research.
What a race!
Tim Dolby
Birds Australia - Victoria
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