The challenge would seem to be a case of moving on so that you see an
average of 11 new birds per day. It's a similar challenge to
rogaining where you are trying to choose a route that will maximise
the number of points you can collect within the allocated time.
It is very much a case of collecting the "low hanging fruit" so that
you can whip through an area and catch the readily seeable birds.
From memory, I think that there are 9000 species of birds in the
world, so 4000 birds would be ~ 45% of the total . In Australia's
case, 45% is about 330 species [need to exclude OS migratory birds to
eliminate double-counting], which an organised twitcher could probably
get in a couple of weeks. Other parts of the world may be harder
work, so perhaps the twitchers could try to rack up 450 in Australia
in a month to generate a bit of slack.
Ultimately, it is a case of $$$ as well as stamina, birding expertise
and intelligent decision-making [based on the acquisition of many
"where to find the birds of _______" books].
Regards, Laurie.
On 01/01/2008, at 9:29 PM, Rosemary Royle wrote:
Hi Birding Aussers,
You may be interested to know that two birders from Wales - Alan
Davies and Ruth Miller - have just started an attempt to see the
most birds in a year. The current record is 3662 and their project
is called, not surprisingly, "The Biggest Twitch".
They have a good website and their progress will be logged on a
regular basis. See
http://www.thebiggesttwitch.com/
Happy New Year
Rosemary Royle
Wales, UK
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