[Birding-Aus] Birding as a death hazard - Crikey blog post

[Robert Gosford]

Dear all,

Just a quick note to advise that I've written a post on the unfortunate
recent death of an (unnamed) bird watcher and photographer in the West
Kimberly in Australia's remote north-west at my blog, "The Northern
Myth", at http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/

I briefly discuss this sad event and also relate a few other mishaps
suffered by by birders over the years and around as reported by Mark
Cocker in his book "Birders Tales of a Tribe" and other sources.

If you have any experiences of your own or others that you'd like to
contribute to this discussion please visit The Northern Myth and post a
comment.

Cheers,

Bob Gosford
Yuendumu
NT
===============================
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com

To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to: birding-a...@vicnet.net.au
===============================

[Denise Goodfellow]

Dear Bob
Is it possible to get hold of a copy of Mark's book? I'm doing a PhD on
American birdwatchers in the Top End, and would like to read it.

I haven't time at the moment to comment in detail on my or others'
experience - this is my busiest time of year. But as a biological
consultant surveying birds, I've had close encounters with very large
crocodiles, buffalo, venomous snakes, and the most dangerous, amorous
miners!
Denise L Goodfellow