Well done Gary - an incredible achievement!
On 1 September 2011 08:26, David Stowe <> wrote:
> 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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