Gary Oliver’s birdshoot Challenge – Finish!!

Well done Gary! A great effort!

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On 31/08/2011, at 10:24 PM, “Gary Oliver” wrote:

> Hi all, > > > > Just to let everyone know that today was the last day of my 12 month > challenge to photograph as many wild Australian birds as I could. The > previous record as such was 377 which was the only published one I could > find going into this challenge. My wife (support person) and I began on 1st > September 2010 in Carisbrook, Victoria and finished today, 31st August 2011. > We travelled all around the country in our caravan and met and were helped > by many fellow twitchers. > > > > My final count is 518. I also photographed three more which at this time > don’t appear to be on the Christidis & Boles List. They were the Western > Grasswren, the Swan River Honeyeater and the Western Crested Shrike-tit. > > > > Our thanks to everyone who has encouraged us on our journey and to those who > have in some way helped. I hope it sets a useful benchmark for the growing > number of us who enjoy photographing birds as well as observing them. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Gary Oliver > > Birdshootaustralia.blogspot.com > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== > ===============================

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