I guess it all depends on what side of the world you are living as to
what ultimate tick rates highest on your list.
The Norwegian Pallas's Sangrouse in 1990 certainly rates very high on my
list (and it didn't rain at all that day). Somebody also mentioned Snowy
Owl (Arctic Owl) earlier, and this has always been a dream (and earlier
a bogie) bird for me until it was finally seen sitting in a pine tree
close to a southern Norwegian beach which was a bit of a let down and
killed the dream of seeing it first in its natural mountain habitat.
However in reality it has been three species seen on two recent trips to
Australia and New Zealand that have rated highest on my ultimate tick
list and which I still have very nice dreams about from time to time.
These were Southern Cassowary in 2001, Plains Wanderer and Black Stilt
in 2004. Not difficult for you guys down under but for us in the
northern hemisphere these must be ultimate dream ticks that few of us
get the chance of seeing.
Happy ultimate ticking
Andy
Andrew W. Clarke
Horten,
Norway.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Tim Jones
Sent: 24. februar 2006 12:56
To: ;
Subject: Ultimate tick - consummated
OK if we're talking ridiculous Fair Isle birds, I reckon Pallas's
Sandgrouse is the most far-fetched - 3rd June 1990.... and it rained all
day.
>From: "Mark Roberts" <>
>Reply-To: "Mark Roberts" <>
>To: <>
>Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Ultimate tick - consummated
>Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:02:47 +1000
>
>Hoopoe. (http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/h/hoopoe/index.asp)
>
>Fair Isle. (http://www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/)
>
>1977, or was it 1978?
>
>What a ridiculous place to find a desert-dwelling bird.
>
>Like a big Pink and Black and White butterfly, on a windswept,
rainswept,
>treeless, North Atlantic island north of the mainland of GB between the
>Orkneys and the Shetlands.
>
>I was 19. Life has generally been less thrilling since then...
>
>Someone banded one there in 1987:
>http://www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/ornithology.htm
>
>=================================
>mark(at)markroberts.id.au 0404 50 99 24
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