What if you twitch Water or Les themselves in the field?
What is that worth? They are both native, not vagrants (some would
argue Wally might be but I think he's been here long enough now). I
suspect they would both be rare, not yet listed as threatened (a
submission might have to be made to the scientific committee).
cheers
storm
-----Original Message-----
From:
Behalf Of jenny spry
Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 10:10 PM
To: Dave Torr; birding-aus
Subject: Re: ground parrots
Do twitchers have to be recorded on Tony Palliser's or the Surfbird
list
before I can count them? They are the IOC and C & B of twitchers after
all?
Jenny
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Dave Torr <>
wrote:
> That implies a fourth and even bigger twitch - photographing a
twitcher on
> a
> twitch. Of course you could then get silly (?) and photograph a
> twitcher-twitcher who is photographing a twitcher on a twitch.....
>
> 2010/1/12 Laurie Knight <>
>
> > I can see the twitching stalker having a couple of lists:
> >
> > One for all twitchers met;
> > One for all twitchers photographed;
> > One for all twitchers spotted on a TWITCH.
> >
> > The latter [spotting twitchers chasing rarities] is the big ticket
list.
> >
> > All this presupposes that twitchers can be reliably distinguished
from
> > normal birders. This can be difficult as some birders moult into
> > non-twitching plumage at certain times of the year ....
> >
> > Regards, Laurie.
> >
> >
> > On 12/01/2010, at 5:19 PM, Paul Dodd wrote:
> >
> > Hmmmm... It's a game that Ruth and I have been playing for a
while...
> >>
> >> HOWEVER, we must set some rules:
> >>
> >> You can only twitch a twitcher in the field - in other words,
meeting
> Mike
> >> Carter at BA or BOCA meeting doesn't count!
> >> You can count twitchers that you have guided (that way I get to
count
> the
> >> Moorheads!)
> >> You must either be able to positively identify the twitcher, OR
you must
> >> personally introduce yourself so you can ID them.
> >>
> >> I can't think of any other rules yet...
> >>
> >>
> >> Paul Dodd
> >> Docklands, Victoria
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From:
> >> On Behalf Of Dave Torr
> >> Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 8:28 AM
> >> To: Bill Stent
> >> Cc: ; Greg Roberts
> >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Re: ground parrots
> >>
> >> It's a new hobby - twitch the twitcher.
> >>
> >> 2010/1/12 Bill Stent <>
> >>
> >> Greg's just boasting that he's ticked Russell!
> >>>
> >>> Bill (moderator and overall cheeky character)
> >>>
|
