Peter,
If it should be anything like the Huffington Post contest it should be the
real thing at its natural place of occurence. Machu Picchu needs to be
experienced for real in Peru, not at a Museum exhibition or a Disneyland or
Las Vegas copy (if there was one).
The ultimate bird in the world in its habitat (preferably safely
safeguarded for the future).
Please make your votes urgently as we need to define the 16 best birds very
shortly.
Gunnar
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> 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
>
> ________________________________
> From: Nikolas Haass
> Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2011 9:47 AM
> To: Peter Shute; 'Baus'
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] 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
>
> ----------------
> Nikolas Haass
>
> Sydney, NSW
> ________________________________
> From: Peter Shute <>
> To: 'Baus' <>
> Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2011 9:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] 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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> > Gunnar Engblom
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> Baus; birding-nz;
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> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Best Bird of the World
> >
> > Happy Holidays to all from sunny Lima, Peru.
> > Please forgive my crossposting to various lists.
> >
> > Which is the Ultimate bird of the world? The one bird that
> > every birder
> > should try to see no matter what?
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