British Twitchers - Canberra times

[Laurie Knight <>]

I suspect that English twitchers are more likely to overwinter in  
Australia than vice-versa.
Regards, Laurie.

On 18/12/2013, at 11:08 AM, Simon Clayton wrote:

> Hi All,
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> I think Australian twitchers should be taxonomically split from  
> British
> twitchers, they have more available prey and have to migrate shorter
> distances for it. This results in larger flock sizes and greater  
> competition
> for prey items. They are clearly more vocal too, must be a separate  
> species.
> :-)
>
> I used to twitch in UK when I was a teenager, but fortunately it  
> hasn't
> affected me.
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> Bananas,
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>
> Simon Clayton
>
> Manager
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