Peter Waanders wrote:
>
> 4. Australians as a whole seem keen enough to become members of all kinds of
> sporting clubs, perhaps we should promote birdwatching as a sport? (Imagine
> that, an Olympic twitchathon!)
Hmmm, a challenging idea.
Twitchathons are based on an honour system, and given the amount of
cheating involved with professional sport [which now includes many
Olympic sports] the challenge is to devise a cheat resistant system.
Perhaps a number of tagged birds could be released into an area, and
teams have the challenge to record as many of the tagged birds in a set
time (eg like getting to as many controls as possible in a rogaining
[orienteering] event).
Perhaps one day in the not so near future, contestants in twitchathons
will be issued digital cameras, with awards for the greatest number of
species photographed, and [perhaps] the greatest number of species in
the one picture.
Regards, Laurie.
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