On TV tonight

[Jaron Bailey <>]

There was an interesting episode of This Birding Life (episode 34) where Greg Miller gave a talk about his Big Year. The Brad Harris character in the movie was inspired by Greg. http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/podcasts/thisbirdinglife.php#episodes

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:12 PM, Philip Veerman <m("pcug.org.au","pveerman");" target="_blank">> wrote:

Thanks for that. Maybe fortunate that I had a big load of clothes to iron tonight. So I watched this. Funny enough. I wish film makers would actually look through binoculars and realise that you don't see two intersecting circles! Interesting to have 4 well known actors in lead roles. Actually it was not so outlandish a portrayal of twitches. I think Aussies are not so competitive. Odd that it was all supposedly about world's best and setting a world record but that was a total nonsense as the whole thing included only (political) North America. How can that possibly be a world record? Anyone doing this activity and spending a few days on another continent or two would surely beat anyone who only tried one continent, no matter how hard they tried.

 

But I did learn something very interesting about the Loggerhead Shrike (and its vocal mimicry). Can anyone tell me if what it said was true............ I guess something to research when I return from a trip.

 

Philip

 

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Subject: [canberrabirds] On TV tonight

The Big Year

• 8.30pm - 10.30pm
• ELEVEN
• Tonight

Two bird enthusiasts try to defeat the cocky, cutthroat world record holder in a year long bird spotting competition.

[Adult Themes or medical procedures, Coarse language]

Comedy | USA | English | 2011