I agree with Kim. Very happy to see these kinds of posts.
On 6 May 2015 at 09:51, Kim Sterelny <> wrote:
> Peter
>
> I think its good to have specifically bird focussed notices of this kind
> on this list. I think a lot of us like to know what is available, even if
> we are not currently posed to take advantage of these opportunities: I do
> not regard this as spam, to any remote degree.
>
> Kim
>
> Kim Sterelny
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> On 06/05/2015, at 7:48 AM, Peter Waanders wrote:
>
> Hi Laurie and everyone,
>
> We're doing just that: for 2016, an all-Grasswren tour is on the program.
> As you and many others will know, we've been running 6 Grasswren tours
> since 2006, expanded to 9 Grasswrens 2 years ago, and we're now working
> with local bird guides to plan an all Grasswren tour taking in all current
> species plus a number of the proposed splits.
> It will be delivered using a combination of private charter flights (by a
> reputable company) and 4WD vehicles. It looks like it will be around 16
> days. As a result, it will be expensive and with limited seats.
> Nevertheless, there has already been strong interest. Further details are
> on my website: http://www.bellbirdtours.com and here:
> http://sabirding.com/grasswren.html#all keeping in mind that we're still
> in
> the final planning stage of this project.
>
> (I've always refrained from putting messages of a commercial nature on
> birding-aus so sorry if this breaks the advertising rules but it appears
> that others can do so undeterred and repeatedly).
>
> cheers
> Peter
>
>
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> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 1:30 AM, Laurie Knight <>
> wrote:
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>
>
> G?day Don
>
> The parrot tour that the locals would want to do would be one that takes
> them to the hard to get ones - Princess, Scarlet Chested, Night, Paradise
> etc ;)
>
> An interesting challenge would be to set up a Grasswren tour - grasswrens
> are iconic outback birds, and you could probably put together a good scenic
> tour that lines up all their ranges ?
>
> Regards, Laurie.
>
> On 5 May 2015, at 8:09 am, Donald G. Kimball <> wrote:
>
> My theory is that Aussies wouldnt necessarily be attracted to or want to
> pay for a tour to see parrots in their own land. Am I correct on that
> one?
>
> I know that globally those of us who do not live in Aus have no qualms
> about funding a tour just to see parrots.
>
> I wonder what my mates in Aus think about this one.
>
> Thanks as always for great feedback here!
>
> Don Kimball
> www.aviandiscoverytours.com
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