Big Twitch
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Big Twitch

One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Timeā€”A True Story about Birdwatching

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eBook - ePub

Big Twitch

One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Timeā€”A True Story about Birdwatching

About this book

As a self-proclaimed twitcherā€”a birdwatching extremist who travels around the country trying to catch a glimpse of as many species of birds as possibleā€”the author tookĀ a year off in 2002 with the goal of seeing 700 birds and thereby breaking the national record for most birds seen in one year. In this amusing memoir, he recounts his quest, including how he spent all of his inheritance from the untimely death of his parents to make his dream a reality. Populated by unusual characters and interesting species of birds, this part confessionalā€“part travelogue for both bird nerds and the general population follows the author as he works out what it means to be normal despite his unusually avid compulsion toward twitching.

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Information

Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Year
2006
eBook ISBN
9781741159165
Edition
0
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. DEDICATION
  5. CONTENTS
  6. A FOREWORD FOR BIRDERS
  7. A FOREWORD FOR NON-BIRDERS
  8. GLOSSOWARY
  9. PROLOGUE
  10. 1 NEW YEARā€™S EVE 2001, BUNYIP STATE PARK, VIC
  11. 2 15 JULY 1980, NICHOLAS HALL, MELBOURNE, VIC
  12. 3 3 JUNE 1996, COLLINGWOOD, VIC
  13. 4 1 JANUARY 2002, MELBOURNE GENERAL CEMETERY, VIC
  14. 5 4 JANUARY, SEAFORD SWAMP, VIC
  15. 6 13 JANUARY, CHILTERN, VIC
  16. 7 19 JANUARY, BUNYIP STATE PARK, VIC
  17. 8 26 JANUARY, WOLLONGONG PELAGIC, NSW
  18. 9 3 FEBRUARY, NORFOLK ISLAND BOTANIC GARDENS
  19. 10 10 FEBRUARY, HOSPITAL SWAMP, VIC
  20. 11 17 FEBRUARY, SLIM DUSTY BILLBOARD, PACIFIC HIGHWAY, NSW
  21. 12 15 MARCH, CHRISTMAS ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE
  22. 13 23 MARCH, GLUEPOT RESERVE, SA
  23. 14 30 APRIL, BARREN GROUNDS, NSW
  24. 15 9 JUNE, PIRATES BAY, EAGLEHAWK NECK, TAS
  25. 16 24 JUNE, PEMBERTON, WA
  26. 17 14 JULY, PORT AUGUSTA, SA
  27. 18 16 JULY, STUART HIGHWAY, 19 KM SOUTH OF THE NTā€“SA BORDER
  28. 19 30 JULY, EDGE OF THE SIMPSON DESERT, NT
  29. 20 5 AUGUST, YANINGURIE WATERHOLE, SA
  30. 21 14 AUGUST, CAIRNS, QLD
  31. 22 26 AUGUST, SAIBAI ISLAND, TORRES STRAIT
  32. 23 9 SEPTEMBER, MISSION BEACH, QLD
  33. 24 16 SEPTEMBER, LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK, QLD
  34. 25 28 SEPTEMBER, MCG, VIC
  35. 26 17 OCTOBER, LORD HOWE ISLAND
  36. 27 1 NOVEMBER, NULLARBOR PLAIN, SA
  37. 28 7 NOVEMBER, SHOALHAVEN HEADS, NSW
  38. 29 16 NOVEMBER, BROOME, WA
  39. 30 21 NOVEMBER, MOUNT CARBINE, QLD
  40. 31 29 NOVEMBER, KUNUNURRA, WA
  41. 32 3 DECEMBER, KAKADU NATIONAL PARK, NT
  42. 33 14 DECEMBER, MOUNT ISA, QLD
  43. 34 20 DECEMBER, THE GREEN HOUSE, IRON RANGE, QLD
  44. 35 24 DECEMBER, MOUNT LEWIS, QLD
  45. EPILOGUE
  46. BIRD LIST
  47. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS