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Re: Exam birds

To: Andrew Taylor <>
Subject: Re: Exam birds
From: Kiran Krishna <>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:08:11 +1100 (EST)
Thank you. I should have guessed, except that I thought that their name
was fairly memorable (I suppose that is a prejudice of someone from the
subcontinent). I have recieved another email from Anne and Roger Greene
with two attachments in reply to the message I sent that I think was a
virus....

On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Andrew Taylor wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Kiran Krishna wrote:
> >   Yesterday, someone mentioned "exam birds" to me, but she couldn't recall
> > what their real name was. Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Common Koels.  Their calls become conspicuous (to non-birdwatchers) in the
> lead up to the Higher School Certificate exam in Sydney.  They also get
> called HSC birds.
> 
> Saw a Black-faced Monarch on Friday (23rd) in Glebe (inner Sydney) -
> looking very out-of-place with some Bulbuls.  Must be passing through,
> although it seems too late to be a migrant?
> 
> Andrew Taylor
> 
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Kiran Krishna
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(Falkiner High Energy Physics)
University of Sydney
NSW 2006

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