| Re: Origin of Twitchers
According to Bill Oddie in his Introduction to birdwatching the term
'...was coined many many years ago among a then small group of rarity chasers, some of whom would get so over excited at the prospect of seeing a new bird, or so frantically nervous that they might miss it, that they would literally shake, palpitate or "twitch" with the emotion of the whole thing.'
Bill Oddie's Introduction to Birdwatching, 2002, New Holland Publishers, pp. 8-9.
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cheers,
Ian
Last edited by yellowhammer; 27-02-2007 at 01:42 PM.
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