Some interesting twitching articles

["Sandra Henderson" <>]

and if anyone is interested, the ACT public library system has just acquired a copy of 'To see every bird on earth' which is a good read - written by the son of one of the top US birders, about his father's birdwatching - quite a bit too in there about Phoebe Snetsinger, who despite battling (and eventually succumbing to) cancer, notched up the record for number of species seen (over 8,500). 

Sandra Henderson
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From: Overs, Anthony (REPS) [
Sent: Monday, 20 November 2006 1:59 PM
To: canberra birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Some interesting twitching articles

First up, check out the number of people that turned out to see the Long-billed Murrelet, a first record of the species for the UK (three photos about half way down the page). Standing room only.

http://www.dawlishwarren.co.uk/birdlatest.html

Second, an amusing story about the first Red-rumped Swallow seen in Scotland for 20 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/6147042.stm

Cheers

Anthony