Who is this wiggle person anyway?
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From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Peter Shute
Sent: 20 May 2016 09:11
To: 'Anne Brophy'; Denise Goodfellow
Cc: birding-aus; Tim
Subject: John Weigel
It might be true that Kaufman's attitude changed, but from the tiny relevant
snippet of the book that I can see in the google search, it would appear that
his attitude only changed after he'd beaten the previous record. I wonder if it
would have changed if he hadn't.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anne Brophy
> Sent: Friday, 20 May 2016 7:44 AM
> To: Denise Goodfellow <>
> Cc: Peter Shute <>; birding-aus <
> aus.org>; Tim <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] John Weigel
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> Hi Denise & Peter,
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> I found the nicest part of the story was the gradual change in
> Kaufmann from being driven by the one goal of 'numbers' to the
> inability to separate these 'numbers' from the magnificence of birds
> and nature as a whole. I'd expect, or hope, many who do a big year
> would have such a revelation. Maybe that was left in the 70's though...
>
> His description of Sky Larks on San Juan and his time spent on
> Gambell, are worth the price of the book alone!
>
> Kind regards,
> Anne
>
> On 20 May 2016, at 12:19 AM, Denise Goodfellow
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> And is the effort always worth? Kenn Kaufman wrote (p. 284) that “the
> larger (his list) grew the less important or even interesting it seemed.”
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> Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
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> On 19 May 2016, at 9:10 pm, Peter Shute <
> <> > wrote:
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> I haven't read Kingbird Highway, but I see that it's set in
> 1973.
> I believe Roy Wheeler and Kevin Bartram, who did their Australian big
> years not that long after, also didn't drive.
>
> I think it would be impossible to break the record these days
> without a driving licence, and a lot of time and a lot of cash, let
> alone the organisational and birding skills and luck that have always been
> required.
>
> Given the increasing difficulty of breaking the record, can
> these
> attempts continue indefinitely? Surely a time will come when the
> personal cost won't be worth the tiny chances of beating the record.
> And surely, as the record gets harder to beat, the temptation to take
> "shortcuts"
> will increase, and with it the need to provide the proof that is being
> asked of John Wiegel. It's a big ask to expect someone to get a photo
> of every bird, and as we saw in a recent Victorian big year, even a
> photo can be insufficient proof.
>
> Are big years becoming impractical?
>
> Peter Shute
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On 19 May 2016, at 3:12 PM, Anne Brophy
> <
> <> > wrote:
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> Have just finished reading 'Kingbird Highway' by Kenn
> Kaufman. What
> a wonderful tale of an early 'big year' and the culture of American
> birding it describes. What more, the whole year was completed when the
> author was barely in his twenties and he hitchhiked the whole way.
> Highly recommended read!
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> On 19 May 2016, at 1:12 PM, John Harris
> < <>
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> wrote:
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> Hi Alastair,
> I thought the whole "Big Year" was about not
> putting it out there
> publicly
> that you are doing it!! Having read "The Big
> Year", it seemed that
> the best
> strategy was to remain quiet about whether
> "you" were doing a big
> year and
> let others who may be doing one also make up
> their own mind about
> your
> intentions.... So much different to over here,
> where birding folk
> are happy
> to get on board with someone's efforts as was
> shown with Sean
> Dooley's "Big
> Twitch" and John's own efforts.
>
> Cheers.
>
> John
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> On 19 May 2016 at 11:14, A Smith
> < <> > wrote:
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> G’day Tim,
>
> Thanks for the link.
>
> I think you may be over stating things
> a bit. I have followed
> Olaf since 1
> January and nothing that I have read
> has slandered John. Like
> anyone doing
> a big year Olaf wants to know who the
> competition is. That said,
> I assume
> John (like me) is a fairly novice North
> American birder and
> therefore he
> should expect to have his sightings
> queried. Great that he has
> the photos
> and hopefully he’ll find time to blog.
>
> Regards
> Alastair
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> On 18 May 2016, at 20:17, Tim
> < <> > wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> As some are aware but others may
> not be John Weigel is doing an
>
>
> American big year in true Weigel
> fashion. He has not been home since late
> December and won't be until January 17.
> You can follow his blog
> here
> although at present it's simply a
> running list as his time is
> consumed by
> chasing rarities that has not stopped
> http://www.birdingfordevils.com/?m=1
> !
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> He hadn't published his list until
> several days ago and since
> doing so
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> it's fair to say he has been slandered
> by his competition who
> wasn't aware
> John was doing the big year 2016 and Is
> perhaps caught a little
> by
> surprise. He has even had his
> sightings questioned! See here
>
> http://olafsbigyear.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/free-nipple.html?m=1
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> Johns previous Australian 'big years'
> have left no doubt about his
>
>
> credibility. He photographed almost
> every single bird! He has
> done the
> same this year but has been unable to
> edit his 40,000 photographs
> and post
> them. He will in due course.
>
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> The year is shaping up to be the stuff
> movies are made of!! He's
> also
>
>
> raising funds for Devil Ark (Tasmanian
> devil breeding facility)
> throughout
> the year).
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> John is currently on the world famous
> Attu chasing Megas and
> cannot
>
>
> respond at present. I encourage
> Australian birders to follow the action and
> support John!
>
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> He is a great bloke and I trust this
> group will enjoy following
> and
>
>
> Aussie take it internationally!
>
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> All the best!
>
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>
> Sincerely Tim Faulkner
>
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