Well Laurie, I don't think you can make a causal link between BIrding-
Aus and the size of a twitch, although I do think that getting the
information around to a bigger audience has probably had some
effect. The hard-core twitchers, the ones who have been to see
several of these, would have heard about the birds on the "old"
grapevines, and probably just as quickly, but I guess that there have
been others pulled along by reading the news online. Not sure I'd go
as far as "chain reaction", but it's nice to think that birding is
one of the many things that have become more democratic thanks to the
Internet.
Is the Grass Owl at the Western Treatment Plant (Werribee, VIC)
enough of a rarity to make this list? I hope so - it's the only one
I've been able to see!
Cheers
Russell
On 04/06/2007, at 8:29 PM, L&L Knight wrote:
G'day
I'm putting together a list of rare-bird twitches that grew out of
postings on Birding-Aus in the last 12 months for a conference
paper. These are instances where a rare-birding sighting in
Birding-Aus has caused a chain reaction of twitchers travelling to
that site to sight the bird in question. [The GHL was the classic
case in point. ]
What other birds should I add to the following list?
June 2006, Grey-headed Lapwing, Burren Junction
August 2006, Sabine’s Gull, Derby
Sept 2006 Antarctic Terns, Kangaroo Island
Oct 2006 Spotted Redshank, Broome
March 2007 Javan Pond Heron, Darwin
March 2007 Laughing Gull, Cairns
May 2007 Black-tailed Gull, Geraldton
May 2007 Red-legged Crake, Whim Ck
Regards, Laurie.
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