But of course!! I should have asked that question of the participant who
reported a list of “8000+”.
And Happy New Year to yourself and family. Any likelihood you’ll be up this
way this year?
Denise
On 10 Jan 2017, at 12:30 pm, John Harris <> wrote:
> Hi Denise,
> Happy New Year to yourself and Michael.
>
> Increasing age is one reason why birders moderate their twitching (or
> listing). In my mate Unca Tones case, it's not necessarily that he is
> hampered by his age (still a spring chicken really) but that because of his
> age, his list of potential birds to twitch is very limited and therefore his
> twitching is moderated.... I'm just jealous of his list.......... 😉
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
>
>
> Yours in all things "GREEN"
>
> John Harris BASc, GDipEd
> Croydon, Vic
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>
> On 10 January 2017 at 03:47, Denise Goodfellow <>
> wrote:
>
> Increasing age is one reason why birders moderate their twitching (or
> listing).
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> On 7 Jan 2017, at 9:17 am, Tony Russell <> wrote:
>
> > Most of my friends with whom I used to do lots of twitching all over the
> > country have now got older and can no longer put in the effort for weeks
> > away in the donga and tropics. The steam seems to have gone out of it, and
> > as for putting in reports all the time, well it's no longer our scene. When
> > a good vagrant blows in we may sometimes do a dash and go after it but not
> > always, and by that time it's been reported anyway. So what if we don't get
> > to see it? It's no longer any big deal.
> >
> > How's that for cheerful.? Tony, once a jolly twitchman.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> > Paul Sullivan
> > Sent: 07 January 2017 09:26
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] big listers
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> > methodologies and you will directly help us report on the State of
> > Australia's Birds, influence policy, update threatened species lists and
> > develop recovery plans.
> >
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