Hi John,
Good question. I gained 21 birds on pelagics this year, but 6 saw of those
birds during sea watching sessions over the years. So without birds I only
saw on pelagics - that'd bring me down to 386 species IOC
Best John
On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 3:01 PM, John Harris <>
wrote:
> Congratulations James,
> As the "first" Vic Twitch record holder of 335 in 2006, it is interesting
> to see the list now over 400. I don't think I have that many on my life
> list for Victoria (yet...)!!!
>
> I am interested to see how many you saw without the pelagics. In 2006 Tim
> Dolby, Greg Oakley, Fiona Parkin, Stuart Dashper and myself set about doing
> the "Vic Twitch" after Sean Dooley's inspirational Big Twitch. We didn't
> count birds seen on pelagics (due to the difficulty of getting spots on the
> boats) to be fair for everyone, hence my interest in your non-pelagic score.
>
> Regards
>
> John.
>
>
> *Yours in all things* "*GREEN"*
>
> *John Harris BASc, GDipEd*
> *Croydon, Vic*
> * Director - Wildlife Experiences Pty LtdPrincipal Ecologist/Zoologist*
> *Nature Photographer*
> *Wildlife Guide*
> <>*
> *0409090955*
>
> *President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria*
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>
> On 1 January 2015 at 13:37, James Mustafa <>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Birding Aus community,
>>
>>
>> I’m finally very proud and excited to officially announce that 2014 saw me
>> set a new Big Year record for the state of Victoria. In 365 days, I
>> managed
>> to see 401 different species (IOC) across the state and in pelagic waters.
>> I’m yet to count up all of the kms, costs etc but a few quicks stats
>> include 10 pelagics, 50+ days away from home, 1100 eBird list submissions,
>> 40+ days sea watching, 30 visits to the WTP, 2 flat tyres, 0 road killed
>> animals and at least 30 packets of sherbet lemons.
>>
>>
>>
>> Highlight birds include White-cheeked Honeyeater, Black Bittern, Elegant
>> Parrot, House Crow, Long-billed Dowitcher, Soft-plumaged Petrel, King
>> Quail, Red-lored Whistler, Arctic Tern, Cape Gannet, Plum-headed Finch,
>> Blue Petrel, Australian Bustard, Regent Honeyeater, Brown Skua,
>> Red-chested
>> Buttonquail, Orange-bellied Parrot, Striated Grasswren, Mallee Emu-wren,
>> Australian Little Bittern, Tawny Grassbird, Osprey, American Golden
>> Plover,
>> Black-eared Miner, Beach Stone-curlew, Australian Painted Snipe, Ruff,
>> Broad-billed Sandpiper and Long-toed Stint to name a few. Biggest bogeys
>> and dips would include Crimson Chat, Plains-wanderer, Pied Honeyeater,
>> Greater Sand Plover, Striated Heron, Eastern Grass Owl and that Red-necked
>> Phalarope that decided to appear once I was safely out of the country.
>>
>>
>> I’d like to give a massive thanks to the huge number of people,
>> supporters,
>> family and friends who were involved in this adventure in one-way or
>> another. I’d like to give a special mention to Owen Lishmund
>> <https://www.facebook.com/owen.lishmund>, Scott Baker
>> <https://www.facebook.com/scott.baker.71>, Tim Bawden
>> <https://www.facebook.com/CorwinCaelin>, Kevin Bartram
>> <https://www.facebook.com/kevin.bartram.1422>, Rob Farnes, Tim Nickholds
>> <https://www.facebook.com/shermaaaaan>, Steven Davidson
>> <https://www.facebook.com/steven.davidson.5686>, Jeff Davies
>> <https://www.facebook.com/jeff.davies.3572>, Simon Starr
>> <https://www.facebook.com/simon.starr.94>, Rohan Clarke
>> <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008554777551>, Mike Carter
>> <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008495313016>, Michael Ramsey
>> <https://www.facebook.com/mickaramsey> and Tim Dolby
>> <https://www.facebook.com/tim.dolby.7>. Most importantly a enormous
>> thanks
>> and love to my very understanding girlfriend Clancye Milne
>> <https://www.facebook.com/clancye.milne> for tolerating, supporting and
>> understanding of this very selfish endeavour.
>>
>>
>> Lastly, some serious admiration and acknowledgement to Paul Dodd
>> <https://www.facebook.com/paulgdodd> and Ruth Woodrow
>> <https://www.facebook.com/ruthhwoodrow> for their mammoth effort in
>> setting
>> the previous record in 2010 of 392 species. Your commendable labours are
>> to
>> be acclaimed and respected – for it set the bar so high, I spent majority
>> of the year thinking it was unbeatable.
>>
>>
>> Check out the blog:
>> http://jamesmustafabirding.blogspot.com.au
>>
>>
>> Happy birding and new year to all!
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