Bird-a Die
By Birding-Aus, on June 13th, 2014
Well, my Bird-a Day sequence finished on Wednesday after staggering around for the last week. The penultimate record, of a very obliging Australasian Bittern in Belconnen was very exciting, but now the formal “competition” takes a break for me until January 1. Good luck to the 4 Australians who are clearly still in the running (and any others who may be about to catch up with their data entry. ‘Twas a hoot and I have summarised my experience in a blogpost . Martin Butterfield http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/ _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
After a great road trip to Brisbane last weekend (Grey-crowned Babbler, Red-browed Treecreeper, Mangrove Gerygone, Blue-faced Honeyeater) the rest of the week fell a bit flat (haven’t decided yet, but House Sparrow, Magpie-Lark and Little Raven seem likely to feature). Early starts and late finishes at work have whittled away my “see anywhere” birds, but I do have a little time each day over this weekend, and hopefully a couple of half days off next week. My goal for this year is 19th July (=200 birds) after falling just short last year. I will need some cooperative birds to pop out of the woodwork – literally – when I make lightning visits to Serendip, You Yangs, etc. I think I’ve just about used up all possibilities at Western Treatment Plant, unless I get time for a longer visit. But when I think of what I HAVE seen already, it’s easily my best birding year yet! Russell Woodford Geelong On 13 June 2014 11:29, Julian Bielewicz < osprey@bordernet.com.au> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Greeting Martin, et al. Yes, my Bird-a-Day run is also at an end. As I believe Sonja Ross pointed out, those crossing international time zones might find securing a bird on the day of the flight a mite problematic. I had of course considered the possibility but our travelling schedule appeared to leave me time to overcome any possible difficulties; the schedule didn’t account for unforeseen delays! My run ended on 31 May. I too have written a more comprehensive account of my Bird-a-Day demise at http://birderatlarge01.blogspot.com.au/ Cheers Julian _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org