Keith, you say this as though there's something wrong with twitching.
I've been called frantic and frenetic in the past, but never rabid.
Isn't that something that dogs get?
Tony.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Keith Weekes
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:36 AM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: New Clements book
Clearly Clements was a rabid twitcher. There can be no other sensible
explanation for the dramatic increase in species other than the Author's
desire to inflate his own life list.
Keith.
On 26/06/07, Alan McBride <> wrote:
>
> Short answer. No.
>
> I know that there are "now 9,930 sp recognized" compared to "over
> 9,700" in last edition.
>
> It doesn't give a summary of recent changes this time.
>
> It provides a web page for "updates" but going to it only offers the
> option of purchasing the book at the moment. See http://
> www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist
>
> I think the updates promised by Clements in the last volume ended, not
> surprisingly, with his premature death. The fact that Cornell have now
> taken it over to me indicates they should keep it regularly updated.
>
> It's fun reading though and the likelihood is you'll need it
> eventually!
>
> Happy to answer questions for now though the link above should give
> you most of the information.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan
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> On 26/06/2007, at 10:53 , Tim Murphy wrote:
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> Do you know what the major changes are? (If this is a sensible and
> answerable question only).
>
> Tim Murphy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> Behalf Of Alan McBride
> Sent: Monday, 25 June 2007 11:11 AM
> To: Birding Aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] New Clements book
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>
> Hi all,
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> Thought it may be appropriate to advise that the new Clements arrived
> today fresh from the US.
>
> Now for many happy hours of updating!
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> Cheers
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