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["Richard Peake" <rpeake1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

  I've just returned to Texas from a trip to Australia, where I did see a 
few birds that we see in the SWVA-ET area such as Great Egret, Rock Dove, 
and European Starling.  However, the majority of the birds were new for 
me--almost 400 life birds. Although Australia is experiencing a severe 
drought, the birding was excellent. We did well with mammals also, but the 
Koala in the wild proved to be much more difficult than I antiicpated. Our 
big miss was not seeing the cassowary at Cassowary House (it came the next 
day when we were at Michaelmas Cay).  The weather was excellent, the people 
friendly, and the food too plentiful.  Now I'm trying to catch up on what's 
been going on in birding since I left Southwest Virginia in late 
September--sounds as though you've had some exciting birds.
Dick Peake






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