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Grasswrens and fairy-wrens

To: John Tongue <>
Subject: Grasswrens and fairy-wrens
From: Denise Goodfellow <>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 19:08:39 +0930
I saw White-throated in late 1983.

Denise Lawungkurr  Goodfellow
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PhD candidate, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.

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On 12 May 2015, at 5:53 pm, John Tongue <> wrote:

> One we still need (even having done a fantastic 'Grasswrens Tour').  ;)
> 
> 
> On 11/05/2015, at 8:57 PM, Peter Waanders <> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Graeme & Carl,
>> 
>> I'm afraid I beat Carl to it (being the only person alive whose first
>> grasswren was a White-throated):
>> On 5 Sept 1996, I casually wandered up the Gunlom escarpment in the mid-day
>> heat, wearing shorts & thongs (flip-flops for our international readers)
>> and found two birds unperturbed by my presence, allowing photographs:
>> http://www.arkive.org/white-throated-grasswren/amytornis-woodwardi/
>> These were my first Grasswrens ever and I've been additcted to Grasswren
>> ever since....
>> cheers
>> Peter
>> 
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