With the Superb Fairy-wren, or any of our wonderful suburban parrots,
and many others its a case that familiarity breeds.... familiarity.
John Leonard
2008/9/19 Chris Sanderson <>:
> 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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