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| To: | Glen Ingram <>, "'Peter Woodall'" <> |
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| Subject: | RE: 1997 Birds Australia Twitchathon |
| From: | "Snyman, Trevor" <> |
| Date: | Mon, 22 Sep 1997 09:19:43 +0200 |
Peter Woodall wrote
>You've just got to admit it, Africa is best,
>at least when it comes to birds (and occasionally rugby)
>Just think of 26 larks, 18 cisticolas and 14 pipits to identify
in
>southern Africa alone! Not to mention the easy ones like 8
bee-eaters,
>5 rollers, and 20 swallows.
This is already 91 species before we even get on to flycatchers,
bulbuls, robins, warblers, bishops and widows, etc. Does this mean that
you admit defeat already??
>To compete, we need an appropriate handicap for the
rockspiders.
Rock spider : A thick and hairy animal, ugly to some, found under
almost every rock that you turn over : A derogatory but extremely
descriptive term for the type of person who does not take part in
birding big day in RSA.
>How about compiling the bird lists in all 11 (?) official
languages.
Done. Next?
Sala kahle ( = "stay well" in isiZulu)
TREVOR SNYMAN
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