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From: sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu (Daan Sandee)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: TV birding (was: Bird War Victims)
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Date: 31 Jan 91 15:25:59 GMT
References: <11153@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> <MISAN.91Jan28172523@ra.abo.fi> <1991Jan29.073655.9832@santra.uucp> <343@tivoli.UUCP>
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In article <343@tivoli.UUCP> lark@tivoli.UUCP (Lar Kaufman) writes:
=In article <1991Jan29.073655.9832@santra.uucp> s30986u@kaira.hut.fi (Martin Helin) writes:
=>
=>A friend of mine mentioned yesterday briefly that he
=>had identified one of the cormorants as a Socotra cormorant.
=
=Boy, I think I just got an idea for a new arena for birding - by TV.  Have 
=to keep a separate list, though, from the list for "normally" spotted birds.
= :-)
=
=-lar
=lark@tivoli.com        and respecting her seniority.  - E.B. White

Sorry, but it's not a new idea. In fact, TV birding is a well-established
sport. I can dig out something about current record holders if you really want
to know. The record TV life list is 1000+ I believe.

Daan Sandee                                           sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052  (904) 644-7045