We made a hundred
In the backyard at last.
We’d twitched and we’d listened
And really worked hard.
From Mt Riv to Nepean
And then back again.
Then up to Blue Gum
Where a burn off was on.
We’d looked and we’d listened
All the way to the Wang.
Though we missed some certs
We were still in the race
When we reached Megalong
We were looking for four,
And quickly found three
In one paddock before
We arrived at the Tea Rooms
With four minutes to spare
With just one bird lacking
It had to be there
But the White-winged Chough
Was nowhere in sight.
The Hawkesbury Pips
Were waiting to greet us
But we couldn’t be civil
Before we rushed past
To check the back yard
For that fabulous bird
And there under fruit trees
Avoiding our tick
Our hundredth species
A complete Chough clique.
Laidback Lapwings would appreciate additional monetary support for the
Cowra Woodlands Project. That is where the proceeds from this weekends
Twitchathon will go.
On 28/10/2012, at 5:42 PM, Russ wrote:
Hi everyone
Being a VIctorian, I tend to ignore things outside the Garden State. For
example, our Twitchathon is on November 17-18, so I just assumed
everyone
would have a Twitchathon on November 17-18. Today I am in Queensland,
and
this has given me the opportunity to look at life from different
perspectives, such as from the other side of the Murray River, or from
an
hour behind the rest of Western Civilisation (Qld still doesn't have
Daylight Saving, in case anyone in Europe or North America is still
reading).
I was approached recently about the possibility of Twitchathon teams
using
Birding-Aus to appeal for sponsorship. I don't have any objection to
this,
as long as it's provided equally to everyone. And as long as we don't
suddenly get 150 long messages detailing each team's history,
biographies
of team members, an outline of the team rationale, and a detailed
analysis
of carbon emission offsets per target species.
Sadly, teams from NSW will have just completed their event, so any pleas
for sponsorship may sound a little hollow when the members already
know how
many species have been seen - and how many missed. Regardless, I'd still
like to provide a chance for anyone doing the Twitchathon to seek a
little
help from sponsors. I'd hope that Birdlife Australia will eventually
put up
a website or blog for participants in much the same way as Movember, and
other events where people do silly things for worthy causes. In the
meantime, I'd like to invite any serious Twitchathon participants to
post a
short appeal for sponsors using the following format - and nothing
longer,
please:
TEAM NAME
TEAM MEMBERS
EVENT (8 hour, 24 hour, etc)
SPECIAL CONSTRAINTS (Human powered transport,100Km radius, etc)
TEAM OBJECTIVE (e.g. 200 species; to get to work on Monday)
Please feel free to post after the event, and good luck to all teams
participating, even if you are not doing it on the PROPER weekend of
November 17-18!
Russell
Russell Woodford
Birding-Aus List Owner
http://www.birding-aus.org
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