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Best Bird of the World

To: 'Nikolas Haass' <>, 'Baus' <>
Subject: Best Bird of the World
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:13:35 +1100
They look fairly similar, don't they? The greyish ones with the bars, I mean, 
not the white fantails, etc.

Does this mean that context needs to be taken into account when one nominates a 
best or worst bird to see? I assume no one who has nominated a best bird so far 
meant it would be ok to see it in captivity. Is it "best" to see it in it's 
natural environment? Or is it even better to see one in some weird place where 
it's an extreme novelty, e.g. an Emperor Penguin in Queensland, or a Common 
Mynah in Antarctica?

I'd like to suggest that it might be pretty cool to see something I consider 
fairly ordinary like a Red-necked Stint sitting on a nest in Siberia, rather 
than on a beach in Victoria.

Peter Shute

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From: Nikolas Haass 
Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2011 9:47 AM
To: Peter Shute; 'Baus'
Subject: Best Bird of the World

While real Rock Pigeon Columba livia in its original habitat is a cool bird, I 
would suggest its human-made mutant, the Feral Pigeon, as the "worst bird in 
the world to see"

Nikolas

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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW
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From: Peter Shute <>
To: 'Baus' <>
Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2011 9:15 AM
Subject: Best Bird of the World

If there's a best bird in the world to see, is there a worst bird in the world 
to see? Is there a bird one just shouldn't bother with?

Peter Shute

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> Which is the Ultimate bird of the world? The one bird that
> every birder
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