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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: 3 Sep 90 04:31:37 GMT
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In article <34561@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu (David Mark) writes:
>In temperate Australia, wouldn't the
>September (= early spring) records likely be HIGHER than March (=late summer,
>early fall), especially since such a small proportion of Australian birds are
>migrants.

Shorebirds  generally arrive October-November, most of them would be
missing in September. You will miss other migrants in September too.
October-Novemeber is the go but few of these birds would have left by March 1
though some will be harder to find. If you can find 221 in October you
should manage 200 in early March.

>Glen Ingram (a participant along with Corben and Anita Smyth) sent that to 
>me with the total as 221, and it was indeed done in the Brisbane area,
>October 19, 1985, i.e., in spring.  (Like April 19 in the American south.)
>Maybe the total increased a posteriori due to a "split".

More likely Chris Corben managed 222 since 1985, my info is 2nd hand so 
I'm not sure.

Incidently I believe the world big day record is now for Kenya not Peru.

Andrew