Congratulations Gary!
A great achievement and thanks for sharing your journey.
A serious benchmark too!
Cheers
David Stowe
On 31/08/2011, at 10:24 PM, Gary Oliver wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Just to let everyone know that today was the last day of my 12 month
> challenge to photograph as many wild Australian birds as I could. The
> previous record as such was 377 which was the only published one I could
> find going into this challenge. My wife (support person) and I began on 1st
> September 2010 in Carisbrook, Victoria and finished today, 31st August 2011.
> We travelled all around the country in our caravan and met and were helped
> by many fellow twitchers.
>
>
>
> My final count is 518. I also photographed three more which at this time
> don't appear to be on the Christidis & Boles List. They were the Western
> Grasswren, the Swan River Honeyeater and the Western Crested Shrike-tit.
>
>
>
> Our thanks to everyone who has encouraged us on our journey and to those who
> have in some way helped. I hope it sets a useful benchmark for the growing
> number of us who enjoy photographing birds as well as observing them.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Gary Oliver
>
> Birdshootaustralia.blogspot.com
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