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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MKinHK" data-source="post: 3631388" data-attributes="member: 21760">Jos - I have indeed been fortunate and/or made the best of the location.Our conferences are held where airports are willing to host them, and (to some extent) where the committees I sit on prefer to go. Mauritius successfully bid to hold the World Annual General Assembly, so here we all are! In an exclusive announcement 'm pleased to share that Brussels was outvoted in favour of Oslo for our next meeting. The exceptions are when I host in HK (twice) and . . . Qatar in May this year. My few spare hours there were spent driving to what was supposed to be a settling pond serving as a magnet for thirsty migrants, but turned out to be a highway construction site, and there was almost nothing in the vicinity of the hotel due to more construction and no garden. As a result  . . . no birds and no report.Jeff - Justice can - in this case anyway - take a long walk off a short pier!Andrew and James - the species count is low indeed - a staggering 11 out of the paltry 25 species seen are introduced species! Just no time to look hard for the endemics this time - including Mauritius Kestrel, so there will be some notable gaps, but a few seabirds coming up in the next post adds some glorious lustre to a pretty bare ornithological cupboard.CheersMike</blockquote>