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Re Top 100 Avian species

To: "Chris Sanderson" <>
Subject: Re Top 100 Avian species
From: Andy Burton <>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:41:08 +1000

Some years ago I spent about 3 days in the Newcastle area on the central coast of New South Wales, Australia, with a US birder. We had a brilliant bird list including at one stage about 6/7 species of tern ("One good tern deserves another"). We had somewhere between 150 - 200 species, but none of them, not one, compared with the Willie Wagtail. The highlight of his trip.

Andy





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.


 >>
 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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