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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