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From: andrewt@cs.su.oz (Andrew Taylor)
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Subject: Re: television bird lists
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Date: 2 Sep 90 15:52:18 GMT
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In article <34489@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu
(David Mark) writes:
>Anyone else out there keep a list of bird species identified (seen or heard)
>on television? 

I have serious reservations about a TV-lister's sanity but you can make
important observations! A Sydney birder known for "good ears" was watching
the nightly news. In a piece on the discovery of a murder victim in a
swamp, he heard in the background what he was sure was a Mangrove warbler
call (do you list birds only heard on TV?, what about radio?). He called the
TV station and after much explanation found out roughly where the piece
was filmed. A birder local to the area was phoned and dispatched to the site.
The result - an extension of several hundred kms to the Mangrove Warbler's
range.

Andrew