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Re: ground parrots

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Subject: Re: ground parrots
From: Laurie Knight <>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:49:12 +1000
I can see the twitching stalker having a couple of lists:

One for all twitchers met;
One for all twitchers photographed;
One for all twitchers spotted on a TWITCH.

The latter [spotting twitchers chasing rarities] is the big ticket list.

All this presupposes that twitchers can be reliably distinguished from normal birders. This can be difficult as some birders moult into non- twitching plumage at certain times of the year ....

Regards, Laurie.

On 12/01/2010, at 5:19 PM, Paul Dodd wrote:

Hmmmm... It's a game that Ruth and I have been playing for a while...

HOWEVER, we must set some rules:

You can only twitch a twitcher in the field - in other words, meeting Mike
Carter at BA or BOCA meeting doesn't count!
You can count twitchers that you have guided (that way I get to count the
Moorheads!)
You must either be able to positively identify the twitcher, OR you must
personally introduce yourself so you can ID them.

I can't think of any other rules yet...


Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria



-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of Dave Torr
Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 8:28 AM
To: Bill Stent
Cc: ; Greg Roberts
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Re: ground parrots

It's a new hobby - twitch the twitcher.

2010/1/12 Bill Stent <>

Greg's just boasting that he's ticked Russell!

Bill (moderator and overall cheeky character)




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