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Bird-a-Day

To: 'Martin Butterfield' <>, "" <>
Subject: Bird-a-Day
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 08:06:42 +1000
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

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> Martin Butterfield
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> 
> 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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