Content preview: â??Tis the season to once again think about the virtues of
Bird-a-Day and to get involved if you think the challenge is for you. As
the last person still participating for the 2014 year, I feel compelled to
report our experiences in the hope that you may get motivated. Meg and I
have had a fabulous year of birding and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of
finding a different species every day. Even though itâ??s my name on the
list, my wife Meg & I have continued to do what we have always done when it
comes to birds â?? we both have to see it to use it. In this Bird-a-Day
year,
Meg has also made a strong effort to photograph all the birds entered.
Without
her support and assistance, I would not have made it with the end now in
sight. We originally entered the 2014 challenge as an excuse to get out of
the house every day and be involved in some sort of exercise â?? be it
walking
or riding a bike, etc, etc. We were also experienced enough to know that
finding a different bird daily was likely to be hard work while using up a
considerable amount of our time. Consequently, we decided careful planning
was required. At the end of 2013, we had gone to Melbourne in our caravan
to be with our daughter and new grandson. So, on Jan. 1st, 2014, we set
about
finding birds that were only to be found in southern Vic. We had previously
booked to visit King Island to â??tick offâ?? those ferals that are found
over there. This also allowed us to use a few Tas. birds in the January
listings.
During Feb., we took a leisurely return trip home to Bribie Island which
enabled us to use some of the inland birds. It was about this time also that
we were talked into booking a Mediterranean cruise with friends for Oct.
& Nov. From previous cruising experiences, I knew that finding birds at sea
was difficult and I fully expected that the cruise would see us drop out
of Bird-a-Day. Nevertheless, we continued listing birds as we were enjoying
the challenge. Back on Bribie, we made a list of the 30 most common birds
to be seen here. These were [...]
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