Well done Gary – an incredible achievement!
On 1 September 2011 08:26, David Stowe
> Congratulations Gary! > A great achievement and thanks for sharing your journey. > A serious benchmark too! > Cheers > David Stowe > > On 31/08/2011, at 10:24 PM, Gary Oliver wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Just to let everyone know that today was the last day of my 12 month > > challenge to photograph as many wild Australian birds as I could. The > > previous record as such was 377 which was the only published one I could > > find going into this challenge. My wife (support person) and I began on > 1st > > September 2010 in Carisbrook, Victoria and finished today, 31st August > 2011. > > We travelled all around the country in our caravan and met and were > helped > > by many fellow twitchers. > > > > > > > > My final count is 518. I also photographed three more which at this time > > don’t appear to be on the Christidis & Boles List. They were the Western > > Grasswren, the Swan River Honeyeater and the Western Crested Shrike-tit. > > > > > > > > Our thanks to everyone who has encouraged us on our journey and to those > who > > have in some way helped. I hope it sets a useful benchmark for the > growing > > number of us who enjoy photographing birds as well as observing them. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > Gary Oliver > > > > Birdshootaustralia.blogspot.com > > > > =============================== > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > > send the message: > > unsubscribe > > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > > > http://birding-aus.org > > =============================== > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== > ===============================
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