Moose wrote:
> I guess you aren't much aware of the wild bird people. I think I read
> that birding is the largest hobby in the US. Companies that make pet
> products are often also into the wild bird watching and feeding market.
> ...
The largest hobby in Oz is, I think, fishing.
Feeding of native birds is often discouraged in Australia by the
National Parks and Wildlife Services, but that's not to say that it
isn't done, or that native bird feeders aren't available. We don't feed
them ourselves, but we get a fair whack of them around the house anyway
(Black cockatoos, lorikeets, crows/ravens, noisy miners, scrub turkeys,
butcher birds, honey eaters, currawongs, kookaburras and some I'm yet to
try identify in my 'What Bird Is That?' book). There're sea eagles
sometimes over the beaches too, which I am quite fond of, and we watched
a couple of crows/ravens hassling the hell out of a possum the other day
- I'm not sure if they were the offenders or the defenders.
My "obvious reasons (my dog focus)" was more associated with the
blinkers I wear that when they see "pet" immediately think "dog".
> As I said before, the birders are obviously smarter than the camera
> people. ;-)
It could open a discussion on what "bird-brained" means. I'm a fan of
the crows as well as (Australian) magpies and currawongs. Smart birds,
and magpies have the most beautiful birdsong.
> ...
> Not that it may matter, as the Audubon one is probably good as it is.
> Imagine this one with the leather connector cut in half horizontally and
> another, adjustable length, strap connecting the two halves
> <http://www.eagleoptics.com/index.asp?pid=3843>. Other than a slightly
> different shape to the two leather connectors, that's about it.
It certainly looks interesting to me. Thanks.
Cheers,
Marc
Noosa Heads, Oz
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