The new OBC T-shirt featuring the two thrushes cartoon

An ongoing debate with birders the world over is which region has the most exciting avifauna? In Europe much of this discussion revolves around whether vagrant birds from the Americas cut the mustard with vagrant species from Asia.

Clearly for OBC members the Asian avifauna is the winner every time. Often Asian species aren’t as gaudy looking as those from the Americas, but even their names and the mouth-watering locations from where they originate make them hands down the best.

Now here’s your chance to add fuel to the fire of debate with this attractive T-shirt featuring a specially created cartoon by top graphic designer Jonnie Fisk.

The artwork features a Varied Thrush—an extreme vagrant visitor from the Americas to Europe—and a White’s Thrush, a much more subtly plumaged heart-stopping visitor to Europe from its Asian breeding grounds. Each is holding up a placard claiming victory for their region.

So why not join in the fun and add your voice to the birders’ debate of who’s best: East or West?

The limited edition T-shirts are 100% cotton (Fruit of the Loom brand) and available in forest green in three

sizes: medium, large, extra large.

They can be purchased by visiting your national eBay website and searching using the term "Oriental Bird Club". This should bring up the T-shirts (and other OBC merchandise) priced in your local currency with any local taxes already added (for example, VAT in many EU countries, or State Sales Tax in the USA). The UK selling price is £19.99. T-shirts will be available on eBay and posted out from 9th March onwards.