Actually, that really doesn't surprise me at all. If you had guided
international tourists before you would know that what excites them isn't
what would excite a local at all. Sure, if they saw a grasswren with a
local they might pick up on the excitement and realise how special it is,
but most international tourists are more likely to get excited by a Superb
Fairy-Wren. Now, what really surprises me is that Rainbow Lorikeet wasn't
in Jim's summary. I've talked to guides who have had guests in tears of joy
seeing their first Rainbow Lorikeet. In Australia we don't understand how
unusual a brightly coloured parrot of that size and charisma is.
Regards,
Chris
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:34 AM, L&L Knight <>wrote:
> True, and neither is as charismatic as any of the grasswrens.
>
> Perhaps the book is targeted at a worldwide audience that isn't familiar
> with too many species, so it plucks out some interesting species from each
> geographical realm.
>
> Regards, Laurie.
>
>
> On 19/09/2008, at 8:26 AM, Stephen Ambrose wrote:
>
> Interesting that the book lists the Superb Fairy-wren and not the Splendid
>> Fairy-wren, which I think is a more spectacular-looking species.
>>
>> Stephen Ambrose
>> Ryde, NSW
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
>> On Behalf Of Jim Smart
>> Sent: Thursday, 18 September 2008 11:03 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Re Top 100 Avian species
>>
>> Hello Syd Curtis and Birding-Aus people,
>>
>> On September 10 Syd Curtis asked which Australian species made it on to
>> the list of 100 Birds to see before you die. This is the title of a
>> recently published book (ISBN 978-1-84442-019-3) by two British birders,
>> Davis Chandler and Dominic Couzens. Yesterday I checked out this book in
>> my local Waterstones in Southampton. It is an interesting book, not one
>> that I would buy for myself but one that I would be glad to be given as
>> a present. The list is, of course, very subjective and personal. The
>> birds on the list range from the very easy to see, e.g. Superb
>> Fairy-wren, to the very difficult e.g. Ivory-billed Woodpecker. It has
>> good,although not spectacular, photographs of each species plus a page
>> of commentary plus a distribution map.
>>
>> The Australian species on the list are:
>>
>> Arctic Tern
>> Superb Fairy-wren
>> Crimson Chat
>> Southern Cassowary
>> Supurb Lyrebird
>> Wandering Albatross
>> Regent Honeyeater
>> Gouldian Finch
>>
>> This list may not be complete - after reading and writing notes for some
>> minutes the store staff were giving me suspicious looks.
>>
>> The same book title, with the same authors, has a different ISBN,
>> different publisher and a cheaper price in Australia.
>> See:http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/5994.htm
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jim Smart
>> Presently: Bitterne Village, Southampton UK
>> Normally: East Maitland NSW
>>
>>
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