This posting is to let people know that I have “done a Tony Russell” and I hope I am not straying too far from the main topic. I have been birding in Australia for the past 38 years, in fact it was the birds of Australia which kept me here after a short secondment from the UK. But after 38 years and some 760 species, I have decided to move on. I may well make the trip to Werribee when the next rarity turns up, but you won’t find me on Christmas Island again! Seeing the birds was one thing, but I will always remember the camaraderie and the way in which everyone was willing to share their knowledge – I hope I did the same. My interest in birds has not disappeared altogether, I have developed an interest in photography and whilst I will never reach the dizzy heights of others, it will provide me with a continued connection with birdwatching. This note is to say an enormous thankyou to readers of Birding-aus whom I have met on various trips, twitches and pelagics over that period of time. My last twitch was for the Hoopoe in Broome a while back and that seems a good way to go out. Anyone who wants to make me an offer for an almost virgin (is there such a thing?) copy of the full set of HANZAB can contact me offline. By the way, I thought I might use BJ’s final message on M*A*S*H as a fitting end to a great aspect of my life – Goodbye Thanks and Amen. Nigel Harland =============================== 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 ===============================
Hi Nigel, nice to hear from you again. You certainly should have a bagful of fond memories to carry forward into your future. May I wish you all the best in your new endeavours, and maybe we’ll catch up again sometime. Tony. —–Original Message—– Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 5:08 PM This posting is to let people know that I have “done a Tony Russell” and I hope I am not straying too far from the main topic. I have been birding in Australia for the past 38 years, in fact it was the birds of Australia which kept me here after a short secondment from the UK. But after 38 years and some 760 species, I have decided to move on. I may well make the trip to Werribee when the next rarity turns up, but you won’t find me on Christmas Island again! Seeing the birds was one thing, but I will always remember the camaraderie and the way in which everyone was willing to share their knowledge – I hope I did the same. My interest in birds has not disappeared altogether, I have developed an interest in photography and whilst I will never reach the dizzy heights of others, it will provide me with a continued connection with birdwatching. This note is to say an enormous thankyou to readers of Birding-aus whom I have met on various trips, twitches and pelagics over that period of time. My last twitch was for the Hoopoe in Broome a while back and that seems a good way to go out. Anyone who wants to make me an offer for an almost virgin (is there such a thing?) copy of the full set of HANZAB can contact me offline. By the way, I thought I might use BJ’s final message on M*A*S*H as a fitting end to a great aspect of my life – Goodbye Thanks and Amen. Nigel Harland =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================