Is your bird list official? Plus, how not to see Princess Parrots

Hi,

Andrew Stafford wrote, on Bird-O a couple of weeks ago “my vision of the “proper” list of Australian birds is a conservative and frankly outdated one: in essence, by not including birds from external territories on my list”. No comments yet, which I suppose means the Australian birding community is quite happy to continue listing birds from dependent territories – something that is quite out of the question in most European nations. http://bird-o.com/2010/08/09/seeing-700-the-hard-way-continued/

You can also read about the latest Princess Parrot dip but also about the amazing state of the red centre at the moment. It’s breath-taking and well worth a visit, PP or no PP. http://bird-o.com/2010/08/30/no-parrots-but-desert-springs/

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