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Just a quick clarification/correction.
In my posting of Jan 1, "The Big Twitch begins" I wrote the
following...
There were also Greater, Yellow-bellied
and Sugar gliders
calling- nocturnal heaven!
What I should have written was that I saw Greater Glider and
heard the other two species. Greater Gliders are presumed to be silent and have
no known call, as was pointed out to me by Peter Menkhorst who was worried he
may have to rewrite his recently published book on Australian mammals. If I had
read the section on Greater Gliders I would have been aware of my faux par.
Yet another reason why everyone should but Peter's magnificent
book. Sure it's not about birds, but it makes a great companion to all those
bird guides, and if you're anything like me, you need a lot more help
identifying even common mammals than you do with birds.
Oh, and I have no pecuniary interest in Peter's book. I just
think it's pretty cool.
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