Hi everyone, I was about to send a reminder about the WA Twitchathon presentations next Monday, when I realised I hadn’t yet published the finalised results!! D’oh! So, here they are – somewhat belatedly! 24-hr Competition 183 – Western Whistlers (Steve Burns & Mark Newman) 180 – The Ruff Knights (Stewart Ford, Bruce Greatwich, Nigel Jackett & Nathan Waugh) 156 – S. W. A. T. (Rose Ferrell, David Secomb & Peter Taylor) 130 – Stark Raven Mad (Wes Bancroft, Scarlett Bancroft, Leo Bancroft & Natalie Warburton) 127 – The Rainbow Avocets (Morgan Pickering & Robyn Pickering) 12-hr Competition 130 – Once Bittern (Mark Henryon, Maris Lauva, Frank O’Connor & Wayne Merritt) 124 – Hunters & Collectors (Rowan du Boulay, Dru Furlong, Ian Purdey & Louis Purdy) 100 – 12hr Stint (Chris Cooper & Jennie Stock) 80 – Peeping Pardalotes (Andrew Hobbs, Jill Hobbs & Libby McGill) 55 (early retirement) – Weebill Rock You (Jeff Turpin & Joanna Riley) Armchair Competition 74 – Blue and White Hoopoes (Nick Brown & Alan Collins) 44 – Lazy Old Bustards (George Agar & Pam Agar) 36 – O. B. E. Team (Clive Napier, Wendy Napier & Brian Wilson) Best Bird There were a number of good records across the board, but the standout winner was a Little Ringed Plover found at Chinaman Pool in Carnarvon by the Ruff Knights Worst Dip As always, there were plenty of candidates in this category with Australian Magpie a notable omission from one armchair team’s list. However, it was decided that that Presentations will be made at the BirdLife WA meeting next Monday (23rd), starting at 7.30pm. I failed to realise when postponing it that this will also be the Annual AGM, so hopefully it doesn’t run too late – apologies for that. I’m hoping there’ll be at least one member of each of the winning teams there to collect their trophy or prizes. Also, if any teams are still holding the perpetual trophy for their competition could organise to get them back to the office by Monday, or bring them along on the night if attending, that would be fantastic Thanks once again to all participants for your involvement – congratulations go to the winners, but hopefully everyone enjoyed the event. One final thing, this has been the last time I’ll be organising the ‘thon in WA – I don’t have the same enthusiasm and motivation for it that I once did, and now that it has become a regular event on the WA birding calendar, it’s probably time for some new faces and fresh ideas. In particular, it would be nice to push the publicity and fundraising a little more than I have been able to. Fortunately Stewart Ford and Wes Bancroft have volunteered to take over organisation of the event – Stu and Wes have been regular participants and I’m sure they’ll have it up and running again later this year. I’d just like to say a final thanks to everyone who’s helped me out with organisation since I first restarted the ‘Thon in 2009, it’s been much appreciated! Cheers, John
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John, we all thank you – Your idea, you started it off and you ran it successfully. Well done. (Now what will you do with the rest of your life?) Maris
CC: birding-aus@birding-aus.org; birdswa@googlegroups.com Hi everyone, I was about to send a reminder about the WA Twitchathon presentations next Monday, when I realised I hadn’t yet published the finalised results!! D’oh! So, here they are – somewhat belatedly! 24-hr Competition 183 – Western Whistlers (Steve Burns & Mark Newman) 180 – The Ruff Knights (Stewart Ford, Bruce Greatwich, Nigel Jackett & Nathan Waugh) 156 – S. W. A. T. (Rose Ferrell, David Secomb & Peter Taylor) 130 – Stark Raven Mad (Wes Bancroft, Scarlett Bancroft, Leo Bancroft & Natalie Warburton) 127 – The Rainbow Avocets (Morgan Pickering & Robyn Pickering) 12-hr Competition 130 – Once Bittern (Mark Henryon, Maris Lauva, Frank O’Connor & Wayne Merritt) 124 – Hunters & Collectors (Rowan du Boulay, Dru Furlong, Ian Purdey & Louis Purdy) 100 – 12hr Stint (Chris Cooper & Jennie Stock) 80 – Peeping Pardalotes (Andrew Hobbs, Jill Hobbs & Libby McGill) 55 (early retirement) – Weebill Rock You (Jeff Turpin & Joanna Riley) Armchair Competition 74 – Blue and White Hoopoes (Nick Brown & Alan Collins) 44 – Lazy Old Bustards (George Agar & Pam Agar) 36 – O. B. E. Team (Clive Napier, Wendy Napier & Brian Wilson) Best Bird There were a number of good records across the board, but the standout winner was a Little Ringed Plover found at Chinaman Pool in Carnarvon by the Ruff Knights Worst Dip As always, there were plenty of candidates in this category with Australian Magpie a notable omission from one armchair team’s list. However, it was decided that that Presentations will be made at the BirdLife WA meeting next Monday (23rd), starting at 7.30pm. I failed to realise when postponing it that this will also be the Annual AGM, so hopefully it doesn’t run too late – apologies for that. I’m hoping there’ll be at least one member of each of the winning teams there to collect their trophy or prizes. Also, if any teams are still holding the perpetual trophy for their competition could organise to get them back to the office by Monday, or bring them along on the night if attending, that would be fantastic Thanks once again to all participants for your involvement – congratulations go to the winners, but hopefully everyone enjoyed the event. One final thing, this has been the last time I’ll be organising the ‘thon in WA – I don’t have the same enthusiasm and motivation for it that I once did, and now that it has become a regular event on the WA birding calendar, it’s probably time for some new faces and fresh ideas. In particular, it would be nice to push the publicity and fundraising a little more than I have been able to. Fortunately Stewart Ford and Wes Bancroft have volunteered to take over organisation of the event – Stu and Wes have been regular participants and I’m sure they’ll have it up and running again later this year. I’d just like to say a final thanks to everyone who’s helped me out with organisation since I first restarted the ‘Thon in 2009, it’s been much appreciated! Cheers, John — — You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “birdswa” group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to birdswa+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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