[Birding-Aus] Chasing Birds

[Jacob Shapiro]

This is not an advertisement, but a notice for Birding-Aussers on the
subject of bird watching.

While looking over the offerings of the forth coming Sydney Film
Festival, one film caught my attention, "Chasing Birds" to be screened
on 15th June at 12.15PM at Dendy Opera Quays Cinema. A synopsis
of the film is given below. Some of you will be interested!

Jack Shapiro

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Chasing Birds

Australia is home to over 800 species of birds from honeyeaters to
hawks, spoonbills to frogmouths. It's also home to different species
of bird lovers, some of which take their interest a little further
than most... 'twitchers' is the commonly used term for such enthusiasts.

Chasing Birds follows three teams - the Hunter Thickheads, the
Wacked Out Woodswallows and the Hunter Home Brewers (!) - as they
compete in an annual state- wide 'Twitchathon'. The aim is to spot as
many birds as possible over 24 hours. The best tactic is to cover as
many habitats as possible, so the teams travel huge distances, dashing
in and out of rainforest, woodland and marshes. The film crew - which
included 12 of Australia's top cinematographers and sound recordists -
must be congratulated on their achievement: keeping up with the
dashing spotters, without scaring off the birds

15th June 12.15PM Dendy Opera Quays

Australian Film Commission

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[Peter Shute]

I think SBS had something to do with it, not the ABC.

Peter Shute

birding-a...@vicnet.net.au wrote on Friday, 9 May 2008 12:21 PM:

> Or another doco to lobby 'Auntie' about??
> It sounds like it would fit in nicely with some other quirky
> Aus docos like the one about the Buddists and the Brush
> Turkeys or the very recent 'Rare Chicken Rescue' Wendy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dr Richard Nowotny" <richard...@bigpond.com>
> To: <birdi...@vicnet.net.au>
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:58 AM
> Subject: FW: [Birding-Aus] Chasing Birds
>
>
>> Does anyone know if this film is to be shown in other cities (esp.
>> Melbourne)? Richard