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From: andrewt@cs.su.oz (Andrew Taylor)
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Subject: Re: September "Big Day" records
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Date: 2 Sep 90 15:36:31 GMT
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In article <34191@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu (David Mark) writes:
> ... I would list September records from "The Pettingell Book of Birding 
>Records", 1986, Austin: American Birding Association. ...
>Other country September records listed in TPBOBR (details can be posted on 
>request.
>
>Panama               296        25 Sept 1979    Canal Zone
>Australia            143        29 Sept 1984    Darwin area, N.T.

Its a bit silly to compare northern September and southern September totals.
It should be Australian March and for March its likely to be over 200.
The highest Aust. big day I've heard of is 222 by Chris Corben around Brisbane
(don't know which month).  It should be possible to do a bit better than 143
in September too. Big days aren't popular here. The only place I've done one
is New York in May (169).

Andrew