I wonder how much easier it would be if the idea was to see 7 different birds a
week instead of one a day. Then the weekend birders would have some sort of
chance.
I'm guessing most people would get much further into the year with ease, but
there must still come a point where it starts to get hard. And if you do happen
to get through the year easily this way, why stop at a year?
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of
> Martin Butterfield
> Sent: Friday, 9 May 2014 6:48 AM
> To:
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Bird-a-Day
>
> John
> Sorry to see you go. Its very frustrating to be embarrassed
> for choice one day and struggling the next. At least this
> morning I heard the local Kookaburras give voice so I have a
> back-stop for today, saving me from the desperation of Magpie
> or Crimson Rosella.
>
> And remember the words of Marx (I think Zeppo) "Work is the
> curse of the birding class."
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> Martin Butterfield
> http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/
>
>
> On 8 May 2014 22:27, <
> > wrote:
>
> > Hi Martin et al,
> > I managed to find at least 2 birds a day, some days as many as 6,
> > leading up to and into the first week of may. But alas,
> come the 7th
> > of may, with an appointment at both ends of the day and work in
> > between, I failed in my quest to find a Crested Shrike-tit
> at Wilson
> > Reserve which I had seen there a week earlier.
> >
> > So game over..... Today I saw at least 4 to 6 species that I could
> > have had but who's now counting....
> >
> > Good luck to the remaining "contestants". I surpassed my
> expectation
> > of Easter, may you do the same.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Yours in all things "green"
> >
> > John Harris BASc, GDipEd
> > Director - Wildlife Experiences P/L
> > Principal Zoologist/Ecologist
> > Nature Photographer
> > Wildlife Guide
> > Croydon, Vic
> > 0409 090 955
> >
> > President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria www.fncv.org.au
> >
> > ----- Reply message -----
> > From: "Martin Butterfield" <>
> > To: "birding-aus NEW" <>
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Bird-a-Day
> > Date: Fri, May 2, 2014 06:18
> >
> > I hope John Harris has found some birds to keep his
> Bird-a-Day project
> > going into May. When I started to participate in the game
> my hope was
> > for Australian birds to keep me going until late April, when an
> > overseas trip would provide species to occupy most of May.
> That trip
> > hasn't happened but a voyage to Adelaide has provided a few
> goodies to
> > mean that I'm still going, with some hope of getting through May.
> >
> > The best bird on the Adelaide trip was Elegant Parrot, a lifer, of
> > which a flock of up to 20 birds were seen on each of the 3 days we
> > visited the cliff tops of Maslins Beach.
> >
> > On some days, especially the longer drives, only one candidate was
> > able to be spotted whereas on others I was embarrassed for choice.
> > This is situation normal.
> >
> > On the drive back about 40 Emus were present in several
> small groups
> > over the first 50km East of Balranald and surprisingly were
> mainly on
> > the Northern side of the road rather than the South side where we
> > usually spot them. Although there was a fair amount of roadkill
> > around I didn't record a Black Kite on the Hay Plain nor an
> > Apostlebird on any of the roadsides where we usually see
> them. Pied
> > Butcherbirds, Black-shouldered Kites and Kestrels were also
> thinner on
> > the fence posts than I expected. (Perhaps the addition of a
> > camper-trailer to my car meant I was focusing more on my
> driving than
> > birding?)
> >
> > Martin Butterfieldhttp://franmart.blogspot.com.au/
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