"No bird is worth your life"
That's true Carl, but that is never the decision you are making. If it were then everyone would opt for life.
There is always a judgment call re the perceived risk & the perceived reward.
Such as the time & cost of a full expedition equipping vs "its a fresh report of a sighting not far out of town"
If one opted for the lowest possible risk then one would never leave the armchair.
One would never drive anywhere, & certainly not on a 24hr twitchathon.
Chris Charles
On Thu Oct 9 8:23 , Carl Clifford <> sent:
<>But if he had followed the basic bush safety rules, he would be alive to report his sightings. No bird is worth your life.
Carl Clifford
This morning the SMH is reporting the fatality of a birder in northern Western Australia. Apparently his vehicle became bogged & he died of heat & or thirst.
Now the righteous outcries will begin about how he should not have gone on his own, should have hired an EPIRB & satellite phone, should have filed a trip plan, what a fool he was, etc. But before that starts I would just like to say that from what I can conjecture from the news so far, he took a risk for his passion, it ended badly, but he died living. I admire him & hope he found the grasswren.
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