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Gunnar
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Gunnar Engblom <> wrote:
> 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
>> > Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2011 7:18 AM
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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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