Hi everyone
Good to see that at last Marilyn has shown us where she gets some of her data
from. This time she's copied and pasted David's table and changed the data to
suit her theme:
"Marilyn Davis" <> on Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:18:12 +0800
wrote:
>What the figures dont show is the short life span of banded birds
>>(shortevity?). The average life span of most banded birds is less because
>more often they die from the trauma of capture, handling,
-----------some lines removed -------------------
> So in the interest of presenting some balance to the figures shown so far,
> it may be helpful to provide similar records of "shortevity of banded birds"
> from the moment of capture, for which many more returns exist.
>
> Magpie Goose 0 yrs 0km
> Black Swan 0 yrs 0km
> Cape Barron Goose 0 yrs 0km
> Aust. Shelduck 0 yrs 0km
> Pacific Black Duck 0 yrs 0km
> Grey Teal 0 yrs 0km
> Short-tailed Shearwater 0 yrs 0km
> Wandering Albatross 0 yrs 0km
> Little Eagle 0 yrs 0km
> Brown Falcon 0 yrs 0km
> Red-necked Stint 0 yrs 0km
> Curlew Sandpiper 0 yrs 0km
> Red-capped Plover 0 yrs 0km
> Silver Gull 0 yrs 0km
> Crested Tern 0 yrs 0km
> Bar-shouldered Dove 0 yrs 0km
> Galah 0 yrs 0km
> Rainbow Lorikeet 0 yrs 0km
-------and so on .... more deleted ----------
> as can be clearly seen, the average life span of many banded birds
> is very low.
I don't think this sort of misrepresentation helps anyone, least of all the
antibanding lobby.
Russell
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