Yes agree - any twitching would have been from nerves avoiding hostile enemy
fire!
>> How good to have been a British Twitcher with a political list when they
>> ruled half the world - your list would have been a whopper spanning the
>> globe from Australia, the West Indies, Canada and much of Africa!
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> David Taylor
>>
>> On 09/01/2011, at 12:09 PM, Laurie Knight wrote:
>>
>>> It's a case of political lists vs biogeographical lists.
>>>
>>> I suspect that relatively few birders maintain both types of list.
>>>
>>> On 09/01/2011, at 11:56 AM, david taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>> Another who agrees - I would love to bird Christmas Island and the Cocos
>>>> Islands but this recent notion that they are part of the Australian bird
>>>> list is in my opinion flawed - they may be Australian Territories but are
>>>> vast distances from Australia, Surley just because they are Australian
>>>> territories does not make them Australian birds?
>>>>
>>>> I pose the scenario that if next year a country in South America became an
>>>> Australian Territory that some of our twitchers would be adding Toucans to
>>>> the Australian list - this may seem silly but in reality what is the
>>>> difference in the two scenarios. I struggle too see how distance can form
>>>> the basis of the argument? Cocos islands are 3600 kms due west of Darwin.
>>>> Darwin to Thailand is less distance - if it became a territory would we be
>>>> adding all of their birds?
>>>>
>>>> I would be interested to hear the attitude of those who do believe these
>>>> birds are valid on the Australian list because they are Australian
>>>> Territories and if so what would be the difference if indeed we gained a
>>>> new territory in a place like Sth America or Asia?
>>>>
>>>> And as Tom points out - do the French birders add New Caledonia birds
>>>> because its a territory of theirs?
>>>>
>>>> Seems its great sport for our twitchers (and absolutely nothing wrong with
>>>> that) - but a long bow for mine that they form part of the Australian bird
>>>> list.
>>>>
>>>> But each to his own and great birding all.
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>>
>>>> David Taylor
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/01/2011, at 10:32 AM, Carl Clifford wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tom,
>>>>>
>>>>> I heartily agree. You could almost say that birding on Christmas and
>>>>> Cocos was SE Asian birding for xenophobes, except for the fact that the
>>>>> population of Cocos is mainly Malay and the population of Christmas is
>>>>> mainly Middle Eastern, albeit they are banged-up in a concentration camp
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Carl Clifford
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/01/2011, at 7:38 AM, Tom Tarrant wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Frank,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you are missing the point regarding that comment, as exciting as
>>>>> Christmas and Cocos sound (I would love to go birding there!) they are not
>>>>> in the same faunal zone as Australia so many birders don't see the
>>>>> relevance. You may as well go New Caledonia and add those species to your
>>>>> 'French' list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> And I remember there was a comment about the possible Short-toed Eagle in
>>>>>> Victoria being better than the rarities reported on Cocos and Christmas
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> December. Sorry. Not even close!!! I saw 11 new birds for my
>>>>>> Australian
>>>>>> list, and I dipped on two. Even Mike Carter added 9 birds to his
>>>>>> Australian
>>>>>> list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> ********************************
>>>>> Tom Tarrant
>>>>> Kobble Creek, Qld
>>>>>
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