Bird Names

[David Stowe Photography <>]

I must also add that It is a great thing to see how freely the majority of people give information on best birding locations and trip planning help etc. I don't want to give the impression that I have a negative view towards the entire forum, rather the opposite. And as a relatively new birder I have learnt quite a bit.
It's just that the 4wd is a bit of the old "red rag" to me.
And like all groups there are those that abuse their interest and tear up the landscape but there ARE those that don't.

David Stowe


On 8/7/05 4:28 PM, "Bill Stent" <> wrote:

> 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: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] 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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