birding-aus

Bird Names

To: "Dave Torr" <>
Subject: Bird Names
From: "Bill Stent" <>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:28:06 +1000
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
> --------------------------------------------
> Birding-Aus is now on the Web at
> www.birding-aus.org
> --------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message 'unsubscribe
> birding-aus' (no quotes, no Subject line)
> to 
>
>
--------------------------------------------
Birding-Aus is now on the Web at
www.birding-aus.org
--------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message 'unsubscribe
birding-aus' (no quotes, no Subject line)
to 

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU