Comments on: Staidly as she goes http://tomandzoe.com/log/2006/09/staidly-as-she-goes/ tales of life from North Queensland, Australia Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:17:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: tom http://tomandzoe.com/log/2006/09/staidly-as-she-goes/#comment-4881 tom Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:40:34 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=456#comment-4881 Hi Mike, Thanks for commenting - I'm honoured. I've really been enjoying <a href="http://www.10000birds.com">your site</a>, along with others in the States - tracking the Hawks, the Western Reef Heron and so on. An American Golden Plover has turned up recently in Sydney, so the twitchers are cashing-in their frequent flier miles. I did manage to see a bunch of birds in August, but am still WAY behind the leaders over here. However, while I've seen relatively few birds (only ~250 out of the 750+), some of them are pretty rare... like, <a href="http://tomandzoe.com/gallery/detail/Birds/great_billed_heron.jpg" rel="nofollow">Great-Billed Heron</a> etc... So, it's fun to grip-off the Sydney birders every now and then about our Tropical species... and to do the same to the QLD birders on returning with <a href="http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=64&bid=987" rel="nofollow">Rock Warblers</a> (the only NSW endemic) on your list etc... :) 'cause we're young we tend to have a bit of the up-and-comer style, but it's not that we are disresepectful, we just like having fun - we don't like to take ourselves too seriously, you know? For example, here's Alex striking a silly pose to notify me of a Glossy Black Ibis, while <a href="http://users.bigpond.net.au/palliser/pelagic/totals.html" rel="nofollow">Jo</a> (who's seen over 700 Oz species) tracks a <a href="http://www.exzooberance.com/virtual%20zoo/they%20fly/tern/Whiskered%20Tern%20268035.jpg" rel="nofollow">Whiskered Tern</a> above the wetland off to the left of the photo. In fact, the reason she's seen so many birds may be because she actually watches, while we're too busy being jackasses :) :) <img src="http://tomandzoe.com/gallery/custom/400/general/2006/09/alex.jpg" class=centered alt=alex/> We think birding should be about having fun - and taking <a href="http://tomandzoe.com/gallery/browse/Birds">half-decent photos</a>. Maybe it's time for a twitch-a-thon... Old-School vs. New-School. Actually, on second thoughts there's probably no point, the Old-School would just teach us whipper-snappers a lesson :) Also, there's no reason why you couldn't get yourself a Dominators singlet and get involved in the Third International Month of Domination next year... Consider the gauntlet thrown ;) Hi Mike,

Thanks for commenting - I’m honoured. I’ve really been enjoying your site, along with others in the States - tracking the Hawks, the Western Reef Heron and so on.

An American Golden Plover has turned up recently in Sydney, so the twitchers are cashing-in their frequent flier miles.

I did manage to see a bunch of birds in August, but am still WAY behind the leaders over here. However, while I’ve seen relatively few birds (only ~250 out of the 750+), some of them are pretty rare… like, Great-Billed Heron etc…

So, it’s fun to grip-off the Sydney birders every now and then about our Tropical species… and to do the same to the QLD birders on returning with Rock Warblers (the only NSW endemic) on your list etc… :)

’cause we’re young we tend to have a bit of the up-and-comer style, but it’s not that we are disresepectful, we just like having fun - we don’t like to take ourselves too seriously, you know?

For example, here’s Alex striking a silly pose to notify me of a Glossy Black Ibis, while Jo (who’s seen over 700 Oz species) tracks a Whiskered Tern above the wetland off to the left of the photo. In fact, the reason she’s seen so many birds may be because she actually watches, while we’re too busy being jackasses :) :)

alex/

We think birding should be about having fun - and taking half-decent photos.

Maybe it’s time for a twitch-a-thon… Old-School vs. New-School. Actually, on second thoughts there’s probably no point, the Old-School would just teach us whipper-snappers a lesson :)

Also, there’s no reason why you couldn’t get yourself a Dominators singlet and get involved in the Third International Month of Domination next year… Consider the gauntlet thrown ;)

]]> By: Mike http://tomandzoe.com/log/2006/09/staidly-as-she-goes/#comment-4880 Mike Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:06:21 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=456#comment-4880 Man, birding over there sure seems different than how we do it in the states. Is it because we don't wear singlets? Good luck with your listing quest! Mike 10,000 Birds Man, birding over there sure seems different than how we do it in the states. Is it because we don’t wear singlets?

Good luck with your listing quest!

Mike
10,000 Birds

]]> By: ylm http://tomandzoe.com/log/2006/09/staidly-as-she-goes/#comment-4869 ylm Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:00:21 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=456#comment-4869 could this all be write-up stress???? could this all be write-up stress????

]]> By: Retired Lady http://tomandzoe.com/log/2006/09/staidly-as-she-goes/#comment-4867 Retired Lady Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:33:26 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=456#comment-4867 I like young boys that do crazy fixie-stunts too! I like young boys that do crazy fixie-stunts too!

]]> By: tom http://tomandzoe.com/log/2006/09/staidly-as-she-goes/#comment-4866 tom Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:59:06 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=456#comment-4866 I'm not happy either - I just got kicked out of the uni club for pissing in the garden. WTF? The world is going to the dogs - the dogs I tell you. To make matters worse, I'm on a first name basis with the bouncers there - who've seen <a href="http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=300" rel="nofollow">far worse</a>. Except for this new guy who wanted to flex his johnson at me. He said, "The toilets are just over there - the same distance you walked in the opposite direction". Thing is, they were locked, and Clwedd had dared me $5 to wee in the garbage bin - which I declined, in a most gentlemanly manner. Anyway, now Rin and I are going to ride our bikes home. Hopefully I won't injure myself pulling some crazy fixie-stunt. :) :) I’m not happy either - I just got kicked out of the uni club for pissing in the garden. WTF? The world is going to the dogs - the dogs I tell you.

To make matters worse, I’m on a first name basis with the bouncers there - who’ve seen far worse. Except for this new guy who wanted to flex his johnson at me.

He said, “The toilets are just over there - the same distance you walked in the opposite direction”. Thing is, they were locked, and Clwedd had dared me $5 to wee in the garbage bin - which I declined, in a most gentlemanly manner.

Anyway, now Rin and I are going to ride our bikes home. Hopefully I won’t injure myself pulling some crazy fixie-stunt. :) :)

]]> By: Mr R.T. Honeyeater http://tomandzoe.com/log/2006/09/staidly-as-she-goes/#comment-4865 Mr R.T. Honeyeater Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:58:27 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=456#comment-4865 What are you so upset about? Here I was, minding my own business, when a bunch of right wallies wanders up, all binoculars and fancy cameras. I was trying to chat up this rather attractive little blue-faced honeyeater, see if she wanted to go and suck a bit of nectar together, I thought she might invite me back to her nest, when half of bloody Townsville descends on us. Then they all start brawling, some dude in a red singlet does a Zidane on an old lady who was carrying on like a bloody magpie, she is about to go for an unwanted swim and little blue-face pisses off. And I'm not happy. What are you so upset about? Here I was, minding my own business, when a bunch of right wallies wanders up, all binoculars and fancy cameras. I was trying to chat up this rather attractive little blue-faced honeyeater, see if she wanted to go and suck a bit of nectar together, I thought she might invite me back to her nest, when half of bloody Townsville descends on us. Then they all start brawling, some dude in a red singlet does a Zidane on an old lady who was carrying on like a bloody magpie, she is about to go for an unwanted swim and little blue-face pisses off. And I’m not happy.

]]> By: Retired Lady http://tomandzoe.com/log/2006/09/staidly-as-she-goes/#comment-4864 Retired Lady Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:09:39 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=456#comment-4864 I think young boys with big binoculars are so cute! I think young boys with big binoculars are so cute!

]]> By: Dunc http://tomandzoe.com/log/2006/09/staidly-as-she-goes/#comment-4863 Dunc Thu, 14 Sep 2006 03:00:54 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=456#comment-4863 For a moment there I read: "You should have made the famous COW call at her." The next sentence quickly corrected me. Still, maybe you should have mooooo-ed at her! For a moment there I read:
“You should have made the famous COW call at her.”
The next sentence quickly corrected me. Still, maybe you should have mooooo-ed at her!

]]> By: Unclegeoffie http://tomandzoe.com/log/2006/09/staidly-as-she-goes/#comment-4862 Unclegeoffie Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:16:26 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=456#comment-4862 You should have made the famous crow call at her. Have you spotted a crow yet? There are some in the wilds of Balmain. You should have made the famous crow call at her. Have you spotted a crow yet? There are some in the wilds of Balmain.

]]> By: YLD http://tomandzoe.com/log/2006/09/staidly-as-she-goes/#comment-4861 YLD Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:35:24 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=456#comment-4861 How about Dominators Ornithological Regional Corps or DORCS for short :) How about Dominators Ornithological Regional Corps or DORCS for short :)

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