Tom,
I heartily agree. You could almost say that birding on Christmas and Cocos was SE Asian birding for xenophobes, except for the fact that the population of Cocos is mainly Malay and the population of Christmas is mainly Middle Eastern, albeit they are banged-up in a concentration camp
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 09/01/2011, at 7:38 AM, Tom Tarrant wrote:
Hi Frank,
I think you are missing the point regarding that comment, as exciting as Christmas and Cocos sound (I would love to go birding there!) they are not in the same faunal zone as Australia so many birders don’t see the relevance. You may as well go New Caledonia and add those species to your ‘French’ list.
Tom
> And I remember there was a comment about the possible Short-toed > Eagle in > Victoria being better than the rarities reported on Cocos and > Christmas in > December. Sorry. Not even close!!! I saw 11 new birds for my > Australian > list, and I dipped on two. Even Mike Carter added 9 birds to his > Australian > list. > >
