Hmm, yeah, I can see that.
I think the original paper must have been put together by a 4WD owner.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Torr
Sent: Friday, 8 July 2005 4:21 PM
To: Bill Stent
Cc: Dam Lamb; birding-aus
Subject: Bird Names
Coot???
On 7/8/05, Bill Stent <> wrote:
> I can guess what they might have meant by "cracks" and "grebas", but a
> "cotta" is beyond me!
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Dam Lamb
> Sent: Friday, 8 July 2005 10:49 AM
> To: birding-aus
> Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Bird Names
>
> Whilst loathe to further extend this interminable thread on bird names
,
> birding-ausers might get a giggle out of this. In preparation for a
trip
> to outback Qld. I've received a copy of Queensland's Outback
Travellers
> Guide , a glossy publication of the Outback Quensland Tourism
Authority
> Inc.
> Bird Watching actually gets a three paragraph section, along with
> Fishing, Dinosaurs & Fossils, Opal Fossicking, and Four wheel Driving
> (see what company we're in).
> Not content with the existing bird names we have , the erstwhile
> Authority includes (? creates) the following species in its list of
> Outback Queenslands birds:
> " pheasants, grebas,cracks,cotta,old world cuckoos,frog
mouths,typical
> swifts,"
> They do advise tourists to purchase a "bird watcher's guide book"
where
> no doubt they can spend many happy hours searching the index for
cracks
> and cottas.
>
> Russ Lamb, Maleny, SEQ
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