birding-aus ticking translocations

["Philip Battley" <>]

I heard of an American who was working in New Zealand who would not 
tick a bird unless it was in its natural distribution.  Hence, any 
translocated bird would not be tickable. This is rather extreme, and 
it means that no Kakapo  can ever be ticked again!

For such birds, a common version is that you can only count 
offspring of translocated individuals.  It's a long time to wait 
for a self-sustaining population to be proven, if that's the 
criterion, so this bred bird may be a fair compromise. 

But what if a bird is removed from an island so rats can be 
eradicated, then moved back onto it? Do two translocations cancel 
each other out?!

Cheers, Phil.

Phil Battley,
Australian School of Environmental Studies,
Griffith University,
Nathan,
Queensland 4111,
Australia.
Ph: 0061-7-3875-7474
Fax:0061-7-3875-7459
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