Aussies and Parrot Tours vs international parrot fans

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My theory is that Aussies wouldnt necessarily be attracted to or want to pay for a tour to see parrots in their own land. Am I correct on that one? I know that globally those of us who do not live in Aus have no qualms about funding a tour just to see parrots. I wonder what my mates in Aus think about this one. Thanks as always for great feedback here! Don Kimball www.aviandiscoverytours.com

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  1. Good luck with this project Peter. It would be an outstanding result to get all the Grasswrens in 16 days – especially if you include recent and proposed splits. The White-throated must surely be a massive challenge. I’ll look forward to seeing a post trip report Regards Ray Pearson Sent from my iPhone Regards Ray

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  3. Hi Laurie and everyone, We’re doing just that: for 2016, an all-Grasswren tour is on the program. As you and many others will know, we’ve been running 6 Grasswren tours since 2006, expanded to 9 Grasswrens 2 years ago, and we’re now working with local bird guides to plan an all Grasswren tour taking in all current species plus a number of the proposed splits. It will be delivered using a combination of private charter flights (by a reputable company) and 4WD vehicles. It looks like it will be around 16 days. As a result, it will be expensive and with limited seats. Nevertheless, there has already been strong interest. Further details are on my website: http://www.bellbirdtours.com and here: http://sabirding.com/grasswren.html#all keeping in mind that we’re still in the final planning stage of this project. (I’ve always refrained from putting messages of a commercial nature on birding-aus so sorry if this breaks the advertising rules but it appears that others can do so undeterred and repeatedly). cheers Peter ——- Peter Waanders Bellbird Tours / Southern Birding Services / Australian Birding Store PO Box 2008, Berri SA 5343 Australia Phone: 1800-BIRDING (free from landlines within Australia) mob.: +61 (0)409 763172 sat.: +61 (0)424 212889 Email: birds@bellbirdtours.com Bellbird Tours: http://www.bellbirdtours.com Southern Birding Services: http://www.sabirding.com Birding Store: http://www.birdingstore.com.au Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southern-Birding-Services/134270499971996 On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 1:30 AM, Laurie Knight <l.knight@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

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  4. G’day Don The parrot tour that the locals would want to do would be one that takes them to the hard to get ones – Princess, Scarlet Chested, Night, Paradise etc 😉 An interesting challenge would be to set up a Grasswren tour – grasswrens are iconic outback birds, and you could probably put together a good scenic tour that lines up all their ranges … Regards, Laurie. On 5 May 2015, at 8:09 am, Donald G. Kimball <ibwonet1@gmail.com> wrote:

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